The meaning of Urchin

noun

A child, typically one that is badly behaved.

Usage examples:

She's been acting like a spoiled brat all evening

noun

A bratwurst sausage.

Usage examples:

Burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it

noun

A scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street.

Usage examples:

How many times do i have to respond to the ravings of guttersnipes?

noun

An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

Usage examples:

Children screamed in horror

noun

A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust, or an event that produces such a feeling

Usage examples:

[ c ] the horrors of war, [ u ] people cried out in horror as they watched the building burn.

noun

An extremely strong feeling of fear and shock, or the frightening and shocking character of something

Usage examples:

In horror the crowd cried out in horror as the car burst into flames., fill someone with horror the…

noun

A small, mischievous devil or sprite.

Usage examples:

You say, ‘i've never seen any imps, sprites or goblins in this whole neighborhood!’

verb

Repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather.

abbreviation

Manx pound(s).

noun

An impudent, cunning, or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

You saucy little minx!

noun

A girl or young woman who knows how to control other people to her advantage

noun

A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.

Usage examples:

It was a place where you can see wild monkeys living in the trees.

verb

Behave in a silly or playful way.

Usage examples:

I saw them monkeying about by the shop

noun

Any of various long-tailed primates

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

noun

A person fond of playing pranks.

Usage examples:

He talks about his passion for cricket and his days as a prankster fond of practical jokes.

noun

Someone who plays pranks on people

noun

A black disc made of hard rubber, used in ice hockey.

Usage examples:

The players carry around hunks of lumber called sticks, which they used to hit a slab of hard rubbe…

noun

Another name for robin goodfellow.

noun

A small, hard, rubber disk used in hockey (= a game played on ice)

noun

A person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.

Usage examples:

Why had she even gone with the dirty little ragamuffin?

noun

A dirty untidy child in torn clothes

noun

A mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way).

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A lovable rascal

noun

A person who behaves badly or dishonestly but who is usually likable

Usage examples:

The group includes thieves, politicians, and rascals of every sort.

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

Usage examples:

You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

Usage examples:

The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

Usage examples:

Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

noun

A person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.

Usage examples:

That scallywag of a son of yours

noun

Someone, especially a child, who has behaved badly but who is still liked

noun

A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way.

Usage examples:

Some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell

verb

Do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way.

Usage examples:

She had scamped her work

noun

A child that behaves badly in a way that is funny rather than serious

noun

An object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.

Usage examples:

The purpose of the scarecrow is to scare crows away from your crop, but the crows have grown wise o…

noun

An object that looks like a person dressed in old, torn clothes and that stands in a garden or field to frighten birds away

verb

Move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.

Usage examples:

Dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray

adjective

Not in the right place; separated from the group or target.

Usage examples:

He pushed a few stray hairs from her face

noun

A stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.

Usage examples:

The former stray, who had been mr boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unha…

noun

A young person, usually male, who behaves in an uncontrolled way and is often causing trouble

Usage examples:

He was a real tearaway at school - he was always in trouble with teachers or with the police.

noun

A troublesome wild animal.

Usage examples:

The long punishing jaws of a borzoi can snatch up small and not-so-small varmints both wild or dome…

noun

An annoying or harmful small animal or insect

Usage examples:

A ferret to some is a household pet and to others a varmint that threatens agriculture and native w…

noun

A homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.

Usage examples:

She is foster mother to various waifs and strays

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Usage examples:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!

noun

A young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people

Usage examples:

I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!