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Definitions for Urchin

[1] a mischievous boy.
[2] any small boy or youngster.
[3] sea urchin.
[4] either of two small rollers covered with card clothing used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding.
[5] Chiefly British Dialect . a hedgehog.
[6] Obsolete . an elf or mischievous sprite.
[7] a mischievous roguish child, esp one who is young, small, or raggedly dressed
[8] See sea urchin, heart urchin
[9] an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog
[10] either of the two cylinders in a carding machine that are covered with carding cloth
[11] obsolete an elf or sprite

Words related to Urchin

ragamuffin, brat, punk, waif, imp, cub, gamin, dickens, pup

Words nearby Urchin

urbanology, urbi et orbi, urbiculture, urc, urceolate, urchin, urd, urdu, urdé, ure, urea

Origin of Urchin

1300–50; Middle English urchun, urchon hedgehog < Old North French (h)erichon, Old French heriçun < Vulgar Latin *hēriciōn- (stem of *hēriciō ), equivalent to Latin ēric(ius ) hedgehog + -iōn- -ion

Word origin for Urchin

C13: urchon , from Old French heriçon, from Latin ēricius hedgehog, from ēr, related to Greek khēr hedgehog

Synonyms for Urchin

brat, cub, dickens, gamin, imp, punk, pup, ragamuffin, waif, juvenile delinquent