Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 15 compound words that contain churn. The most common are listed below. Open churn in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- milk churnA tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
- churn outTo produce a large quantity of (something) rapidly and easily.
- churn rateThe annual percentage rate at which customers stop using a service, or employees leave a job (staff turnover).
- churn drillA drill worked by hand, not struck with a hammer.
- churn drillsplural of churn drill: A drill worked by hand, not struck with a hammer.
- churn ratesplural of churn rate: The annual percentage rate at which customers stop using a service, or employees leave a job (staff turnover).
- churn upTo make the ground uneven, generally unintentionally.
- churn supperA feast of bread and cream served to agricultural workers in Northumberland at the end of the harvest.
- churn-staffThe plunger used in an upright churn
- churn-staffsplural of churn-staff: The plunger used in an upright churn
- swing churnA churn box hung so as to be worked by oscillation.
- churn-stavesplural of churn-staff: The plunger used in an upright churn
- churn and burnA union-busting tactic where a business focuses on hiring new workers who are not unionists, so that the influence of the union will gradually decrease as its supporters leave.
- churn suppersplural of churn supper: A feast of bread and cream served to agricultural workers in Northumberland at the end of the harvest.
Compound words 15
- churnyCharacteristic of churning; (by extension) queasy
- unchurnHypothetically, to undo the churning of.
- churnalizeTo copy and paste (a news story) from one source into another, especially into a blog.
- churnableable to be churned
- churnalistA lazy journalist who produces articles based on press releases.
- churnfulAs much as a churn will hold.
- churnoverThe excessive buying and selling of shares by a stockbroker for a client’s account as a method of generating income from the resulting commissions.
- rechurnTo churn again.
- churnestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of churn
- churneththird-person singular simple present indicative of churn: To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.