churn

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
3. (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
4. To stop using a company's product or service.
5. (informal) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
6. (US, informal) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
7. To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
2. (countable, uncountable) A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk).
3. (uncountable) Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
4. (countable, uncountable) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
5. (countable, uncountable) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
6. (countable, uncountable) Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
7. (countable, historical, uncountable) The last grain cut at harvest; kern.

Concetti

zangola

ribollire

agitare in una zangola

fare il burro

far ribollire

far spumeggiare

frullare

bidone del latte

spumeggiare

burrificazione

latta

sbattere

bidone

🥁

sinonimi

stir

stir up

can

roil

boil

agitate

disturb

moil

seethe

shake up

beat

bubble

oil mill

butter churn

shake

🫨

roll

ransack

turnover

flog

fuddle

intermix

lambaste

lash

lick

milk

🥛

mix

mix up

muddle

mystify

obscure

perplex

riddle

scourge

scramble

shellac

spank

squirm

stimulate

stump

throw

trounce

twiddle

unsettle

whip

whop

wriggle

water-can

spudder

produce by churning

stir round

Traduzioni

baratter

baratte

Butterfass

aufwühlen

mantequera

agitar

karnen

durchschütteln

buttern

manteguera

Rührtrommel

karn

Butterfertiger

agiter

schäumen

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tʃɜːn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: chyrne

Ereditato da inglese antico: ċyrn

Ereditato da inglese medio: chyrnen

Ereditato da inglese antico: ċernan

Affine frisone occidentale: tsjerne

Affine olandese: karn

Affine vallone: serene

Affine tedesco: Karn

Affine norvegese bokmål: kjerne

Affine danese: kærne

Affine svedese: kärna

Affine islandese: kirna

In summary

Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna.