urchin

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for urchin

urchin 🔊 /ɚˈʧʌn/

urchin : කොල්ලා

urchin : පැංචා

urchin definition

Noun.

  1. A hedgehog.
  2. A sea urchiNoun. See Sea urchin.
  3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
  4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
  5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

Adjective. Rough; pricking; piercing.