churn vs clamper

churn

verb
  • To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake. 

  • To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion. 

  • To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits. 

  • To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream. 

  • To stop using a company's product or service. 

  • To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions. 

  • To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is. 

noun
  • A milk churn. 

  • The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers. 

  • Cyclic activity that achieves nothing. 

  • A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. 

  • The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. 

  • Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. 

clamper

verb
  • To move in a noisy and clumsy manner. 

  • To complain in an irritating manner. 

  • To crimp. 

noun
  • One who, or that which, clamps. 

  • An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice. 

  • A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform. 

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