gurge

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜɹdʒ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜːdʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Etymology 1

See gorge.

Verb

gurge (third-person singular simple present gurges, present participle gurging, simple past and past participle gurged)

1. (obsolete) To swallow up.

Etymology 2

From Latin gurges, taken to be a plural.

Noun

gurge (plural gurges)

1. (obsolete outside heraldry) Synonym of gurges (“whirlpool”).
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost‎^[1], Book 12, lines 41-42:

     The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
     Boils out from under ground […]

References

• “gurge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ruegg, Ugger, ugger

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gurges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡur.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -urdʒe
• Hyphenation: gùr‧ge

Noun

gurge f (plural gurgi)

1. (poetic) whirlpool, vortex

   Synonyms: gorgo, (poetic) gurgite

Related terms

• gorgo
• gurgite
• ingurgitare

Further reading

• gurge in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana