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Churning

To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

📖 Definitions of "Churning"

verb
  1. 1

    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. 2

    To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.

  3. 3

    To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

    "I was so nervous that my stomach was churning."

  4. 4

    (of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is churned.

  2. 2

    The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.

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