churn
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- IPA /tʃɜː(ɹ)n/
Noun
churn noun
- A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.“a butter churn”
- Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
- The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
- The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
Verb
churn verb
- 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.”
- 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.”
- (of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
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roilmoilboilbutter churnagitaterolloverrevolvingrotationalroll-oversmolderrollingbrakesrolloverschurn upchurn outmill
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