churn
/t͡ʃɝn/ verb C1- To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream. · Now the cream is churned to make butter.· no-churn ice cream
- To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
- To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake. · I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.
- To stop using a company's product or service.
- To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
- To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
- To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
- To digest.
He/she/it churns · Past churned · Past participle churned · -ing form churning
Verb forms
- Base form
- churn
- He/she/it
- churns
- Past
- churned
- Past participle
- churned
- -ing form
- churning
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Turning and churning that river to foam.
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