urchin meaning

• Noun: urchin  urchin
  1. Poor and often mischievous city child 
  2. Shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
     - sea urchin

  Derived forms: urchins

  Type of: child, echinoderm, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler [Brit], tike, tyke, wean [UK, Ireland], youngster

  Part of: class Echinoidea, Echinoidea

  Encyclopedia: Urchin

• 
  [Computer]
  /muhnch'kin/ A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up to be hackers after passing through a larval stage. The term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box.

• An urchin girl stood there, wrapped in a huge shawl.
• A group of idle urchins had taken possession of the door-steps.
• He allowed these "enucleated" eggs to be fertilized by sperm from sea urchins of the genus echinus.
• In the midst of his polished exhibitions was often reminded of an urchin i had once seen in naples.
• His son rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with the old clothes of his father.
• His son rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with the old clothes of his father.
• They say that sea urchin's the ultimate acquired taste
• Tricia : those are sea urchins . we'll 3 ) pass on those
• Those grubby urchins ran to me and asked for candy
• Those grubby urchins ran to me and asked for candy

• "urchin" meaning in Chinese: n. 1.顽童；儿童；少年。2.【动物；动物学】海胆〔通常称 sea-urchin〕。3.〔方言〕刺猬。
• "urchin" meaning in Japanese: urchin n. いたずらっ子 《戯言的また古風な言い方》. 【形容詞 名詞＋】 ◆grubby little u...
• "urchin" meaning in Russian: 1) уличный мальчишка2) обыкн. сорванец, пострел3) _уст. до...
• "urchin" meaning in French: n. gosse, garnement