English-Thai Dictionary

urchin

N หอย เม่น  sea urchin hoi-men

 

urchin

N เด็ก ซุกซน  rascal scamp mischievous child dek-suk-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

URCHIN

n. 1. A name given to the hedgehog.
2. A name of slight anger given to a child; as, the little urchin cried.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

URCHIN

Ur "chin, n. Etym: [OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ireçon,eriçon, heri, herichon, F. hérisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. Herisson. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A hedgehog.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

 

3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them ] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." Shak.

 

4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. W. Howitt. You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband Goldsmith.

 

5. 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. Knight. Urchin fish (Zoöl.), a diodon.

 

URCHIN

URCHIN Ur "chin, a.

 

Defn: Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts." Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

urchin

ur chin |ˈərCHin ˈərtʃən | ▶noun 1 a mischievous young child, esp. one who is poorly or raggedly dressed. • archaic a goblin. 2 short for sea urchin. • Brit. chiefly dialect a hedgehog. ORIGIN Middle English hirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog, ’ from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

urchin

urchin |ˈəːtʃɪn | ▶noun 1 a young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed. 2 dialect a hedgehog. 3 short for sea urchin. ORIGIN Middle English hirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog ’, from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

urchin

urchin noun Mrs. Duffy made frequent complaints about the urchins who played stickball on her street: ragamuffin, waif, stray; imp, rascal, street urchin; derogatory guttersnipe; scapegrace; dated gamin.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

urchin

urchin noun he was surrounded by a dozen urchins imploring him to be generous: mischievous child, imp, monkey, Puck, rascal, rogue, minx, mischief-maker, prankster, tearaway; ragamuffin, guttersnipe, waif, stray; informal scamp, scallywag, brat, whippersnapper, horror, varmint, scarecrow; Brit. informal perisher, pickle, tinker; N. Amer. informal hellion; dated jackanapes, rip, gamin, gamine; historical mudlark; archaic scapegrace, street Arab, wastrel, tatterdemalion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

urchin

ur chin /ə́ː r tʃ (ə )n /名詞 C 1 ｟古 ｠浮浪児 ; いたずら小僧 .2 〘動 〙ウニ (sea urchin ).