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
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.
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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
At one point a homeless urchin, played by Kagani Paul Moonlight X Byler Jackson, wanders in, asking in to cut through the property, as well as for money.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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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
At one point a homeless urchin, played by Kagani Paul Moonlight X Byler Jackson, wanders in, asking in to cut through the property, as well as for money.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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One photo circulated online of the incident showed a monkey climbing up a wall, while two others were near trash piles, per News12.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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With his teammates crowding around him in celebration, the veteran mimed the old monkey-of-my-back motion after his first goal as a Bruin.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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For Kahlo Dior, dressed as a devil, that sense of belonging was especially important.—
Sonia Mankame,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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