churn
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages.
British. a large milk can.
an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker.
to agitate in order to make into butter: to churn cream.
to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.
to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion: The storm churned the sea.
to turn over and over in the mind: His brain slowly churned all the choices and possibilities.
(of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.
to operate a churn.
to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter: The leaves churned along the ground.
to be changing rapidly or be in a confused state: Her emotions churned as she viewed the horrific photos.
to have a queasy feeling, as from anxiety or disgust: My insides were churning at the thought of being on stage.
(of a stockbroker) to engage in the practice of churning.
churn out, to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely: He was hired to churn out verses for greeting cards.
Origin of churn
1Other words for churn
Other words from churn
- churn·a·ble, adjective
- churn·a·bil·i·ty [chur-nuh-bil-i-tee], /ˌtʃɜr nəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- churn·er, noun
- un·churn, verb (used with object)
- un·churned, adjective
- well-churned, adjective
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How to use churn in a sentence
This technology is also used to predict outcomes, such as churn rates and the potential revenue a business could earn from a particular segment of customers.
Meet Google Analytics 4: Google’s vision for the future of analytics | George Nguyen | October 14, 2020 | Search Engine LandZuora, which makes a business out of selling subscription technology to different sectors, released its Subscription Economy Index across 1,000 clients last week and found that the pandemic has not increased churn rates for publishers.
‘A good job of retaining’: Publishers see subscription resilience as evidence of sticky coronavirus-cohorts grows | Lucinda Southern | September 30, 2020 | DigidayIt has more than a million subscribers and an impressively low churn rate.
Peloton races to the future, but it’s still no tech company | Adam Lashinsky | September 11, 2020 | FortuneThat constant churn can make it difficult to figure out when a new card is really a big jump over what came before it.
Nvidia’s monstrous new graphics cards crank up the power while dropping their prices | Stan Horaczek | September 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis way, you can improve anything from increasing viewership on your blog to reducing customer churn.
Guide: How to effectively incorporate customer journey mapping into your marketing strategy | Connie Benton | July 14, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity | William O’Connor | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTColleges churn out graduates and confer advanced degrees, but the scramble for jobs continues.
Entrepreneurial churn at a large newspaper keeps institutions fresher and individual talents nimbler.
In that industry, the financial churn that helps democracy thrive is alive and well among current—and former—stars.
Academics these days operate under enormous pressure to churn out high volumes of these publications.
How Social Scientists, and the Rest of Us, Got Seduced By a Good Story | Megan McArdle | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI don't forget how I used to have to churn in a dash-churn, till my arms ached fit to drop off.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondMartha laughed, and rolling the big, barrel-churn upon its side was more than delighted to see it fall apart, useless.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondMother thinks a dash-churn, stand and flap the dasher straight up and down till your arms and legs give out, is the best kind.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHe strolled casually down to a rude stone wall and watched the tractor churn toward him.
Restricted Tool | Malcolm B. MorehartThis sour cream is put into the churn, and worked in the usual way until the butter separates.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for churn
/ (tʃɜːn) /
British a large container for milk
a vessel or machine in which cream or whole milk is vigorously agitated to produce butter
any similar device
the number of customers who switch from one supplier to another
to stir or agitate (milk or cream) in order to make butter
to make (butter) by this process
(sometimes foll by up) to move or cause to move with agitation: ideas churned in his head
(of a bank, broker, etc) to encourage an investor or policyholder to change investments, endowment policies, etc, to increase commissions at the client's expense
(of a government) to pay benefits to a wide category of people and claw it back by taxation from the well off
to promote the turnover of existing subscribers leasing, and new subscribers joining, a cable television system or mobile phone company
Origin of churn
1Derived forms of churn
- churner, noun
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