as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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Recent Examples of urchin
The lobster potentially lives on the urchin as a mimicry behavior, when one organism mimics the physical appearance of another for protection or other benefits.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
According to the team, an increase in the presence of sunflower sea stars, either natural or artificial, may help kelp forests by deterring urchins, without requiring divers manually remove urchins.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
Piss off the street urchins by giving them your phone!
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
According to the team, an increase in the presence of sunflower sea stars, either natural or artificial, may help kelp forests by deterring urchins, without requiring divers manually remove urchins.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2025
Piss off the street urchins by giving them your phone!
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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The festival site, which Envision leases from its owners, is itself home to emerging mangrove forests, creeks, freshwater canals, a host of tree and plant species, birds, monkeys and other wildlife.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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Broder worked for me the same way a zookeeper works for the monkeys.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Its depictions of dancing devils and witches’ sabbaths are supposed to scare viewers straight, but writer-director Benjamin Christensen is also sympathetic towards the plight of medieval women persecuted for witchcraft.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The anime series follows a young man who can demolish fellow devils via a pullstring in his chest that transforms parts of his body into chainsaws.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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