(Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
(archaic) A countryman, a peasant, a rustic.
(archaic) A person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
(derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
A bondman or serf.
A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
churm
churm
noun
Alternative form of chirm
churn
churn
noun
(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
A milk churn.
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
verb
(US, informal, finance, travel) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
(finance) To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
(informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
churr
churr
noun
A low vocal sound made by some birds.
Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”)
verb
Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”)
To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
crush
crush
noun
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
(dated) A party or festive function.
(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
(slang) A group or gang.
(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
A crowd control barrier.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
A violent crowding.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
verb
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
cruth
cruth
noun
Alternative spelling of crwth
curch
curch
noun
(Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
hucar
lurch
lurch
noun
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
verb
(obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
(obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rob.
(obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
(transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
rauch
ruach
ruach
noun
(Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and morality.
ruche
ruche
noun
A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
verb
To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.
To flute or pleat (fabric).
runch
runch
noun
The wild radish.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To grind, as with the teeth; to crunch.
rutch
rutch
verb
(US, informal) To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
(especially Pennsylvania Dutch English) To squirm; to move around frequently.