Churn

Verb

 * 1)  To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
 * 2)  To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
 * 3)  To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

Noun

 * 1) A vessel used for churning.
 * 2)  The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
 * 3)  The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula Customer Quits/Customer base.

Adverbs for Churn
irrationally; viciously; vigorously; wildly; impressively; awesomely; grimly; tumultuously; thunderously; deafeningly.

Derived terms

 * churn out

Thesaurus
rile, ripple, roil, roughen, rout, row, ruffle, rumple, seethe, seething, shake, shake up, shaker, simmer, smolder, stew, stir, stir up, swirl, thicken, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, upset, vibrator, whip, whip up, whisk, work up, agitate, agitation, agitator, beat, beat up, beater, blender, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bubble, bustle, cement mixer, churn up, clabber, clot, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, commotion, conturbation, convulse, cream, crucible, curdle, disarrange, discompose, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, disturbance, ebullition, eggbeater, embroilment, emulsifier, emulsify, emulsionize, excite, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foam, foment, fret, fume, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, incrassate, inquietude, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, jiggler, jitters, jumpiness, lopper, maelstrom, malaise, melting pot, mixer, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, paddle, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, restlessness,

Etymology
From ċyrin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne: and Dutch karnen:.

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian:, sbattere, ribollire, spumeggiare
 * Russian:, взбивать
 * Spanish: batir, agitar
 * Swedish: kärna


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hämmentää


 * German:, , ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Italian: spumeggiare, frullare, ribollire

Noun

 * Bulgarian: буталка
 * Dutch: botervat
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,


 * Italian: zangola
 * Macedonian: бутин
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: kärna
 * West Frisian:


 * Dutch:


 * Dutch: overstapkandidaten