| Urchin 1. (n.) A mischievous boy. 2. (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. 3. (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. 4. (n.) A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. 5. (n.) 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. 6. (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing. Thesaurus Entries Arab, JD, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, brat, bum, bummer, cub, dickens, dogie, elf, enfant terrible, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, hobo, holy terror, homeless waif, idler, imp, juvenile delinquent, landloper, lazzarone, little monkey, loafer, losel, minx, monkey, mudlark, piker, puck, punk, punk kid, pup, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, ski bum, spoiled brat, stiff, stray, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, turnpiker, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, whelp, whippersnapper |