churn

About 0.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

2. verb To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
3. verb To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

   I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.

4. verb To stop using a company's product or service.
5. verb To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
6. verb To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
7. verb To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
8. verb To digest.

Similar words

roil moil boil butter churn agitate rollover revolving rotational roll-over smolder

Often followed by

out and the up in of is with butter

Word family

churned churning churns