CHURNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does churning mean? 

• CHURNING (adjective)
  The adjective CHURNING has 2 senses:

1. moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation

2. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

  Familiarity information: CHURNING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHURNING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation

Synonyms:

churned-up; churning

Context example:

a car stuck in the churned-up mud

Similar:

agitated (physically disturbed or set in motion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

Synonyms:

churning; roiled; roiling; roily; turbulent

Context example:

turbulent rapids

Similar:

agitated (physically disturbed or set in motion)

 Context examples 

Then she paused, and I could hear the churning sound of her tongue as it licked her teeth and lips, and could feel the hot breath on my neck.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Dust towers are massive, churning clouds that are denser and climb much higher than the normal background dust in the thin Martian atmosphere.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

He clutched its slippery top with both hands, releasing Buck, and above the roar of the churning water shouted: “Go, Buck! Go!”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Bright knots constantly form and dissipate in the disk as magnetic fields wind and twist through the churning gas.

(NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World, NASA)

I don't think I ever ought to call myself 'unlucky Jo' again, when my greatest wish has been so beautifully gratified, said Mrs. Bhaer, taking Teddy's little fist out of the milk pitcher, in which he was rapturously churning.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)