urchin
A mischievous child.
Other meanings
A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
Related words
- cake urchin
- heart urchin
- keyhole urchin
- nano-urchin
- sea urchin
- street urchin
- urchin barren
- urchiness
- urchin fish
- urchinly
- wheel urchin
Word history
From Latin "ērīcius".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “urchin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.