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As a verb, churn means agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion. As a noun, it means a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Meanings of churn
17 meaningsverb
To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
“Now the cream is churned to make butter.”
“no-churn ice cream”
figurativelyTo produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
“I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.”
of a customerTo stop using a company's product or service.
informaltravelaviationTo repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
USinformalfinancetravelTo continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
financeTo carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
noun
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
“a butter churn”
A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk).
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
telecommunicationsThe time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
telecommunicationsThe mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
Similar: butter churn
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalThe last grain cut at harvest; kern.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).