churn
/tʃɜː(ɹ)n//tʃɝn/noun
Definitions
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Example: a butter churn
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
verb
Definitions
To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
Example: Now the cream is churned to make butter.
To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
Example: I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.
(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.