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The correct spelling is churns.
How to pronounce churns
noun
Say it like: Chu-rns
The correct spelling is churns. A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. For example: "a butter churn"
Usage Examples
“a butter churn”
“Now the cream is churned to make butter.”
“I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
- 2.Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
- 3.The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
- 4.The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
- 5.Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
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.
- 4.(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
- 5.(travel) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
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