Word Meaning

urchin definition and meaning

n. A hedgehog.
n. A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
n. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
n. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
n. 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.
a. Rough; pricking; piercing.

Crossword clues for urchin

- Gamin
- Guttersnipe
- Mischievous impish child
- Mischievous roguish child
- Poorly dressed child
- Ragamuffin found in church interior
- Raggedly dressed child
- Spiny sea creature
- Young rogue