gurge

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Etymology 1

See gorge.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To swallow up.

Etymology 2

From Latin gurges.

Noun

gurge (plural gurges)

1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 12, lines 41-42,^[1]

     The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge

     Boils out from under ground […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gurge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Ugger, ugger

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gurges.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gurge f (plural gurgi)

1. (poetic) whirlpool, vortex

   Synonyms: gorgo, (poetic) gurgite

Related terms

• gorgo
• gurgite
• ingurgitare

References

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