a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.

any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages.

British . a large milk can.

an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker.

to agitate in order to make into butter

to churn cream.

to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.

to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion

The storm churned the sea.

(of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.

to operate a churn.

to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter

The leaves churned along the ground.

(of a stockbroker) to engage in the practice of churning. ?

churn out, to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely

He was hired to churn out verses for greeting cards.

verb

agitate , boil , bubble , convulse , ferment , foam , froth , jolt , moil , seethe , simmer , stir up , swirl , toss , rock , shake , burn , smolder , beat , stir , vessel , whip