churning

Other forms of churning

comparative

churninger·

superlative

churningest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about churning

What does churning mean?

churning means "moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in churning?

churning has 2 syllables: chur-ning. The stress falls on "chur". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɝnɪŋ/.

What is another word for churning?

Close synonyms include churned-up, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is churning a common word?

churning is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.