gurge
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜɹdʒ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːdʒ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- 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)
- (obsolete) To swallow up.
Etymology 2
From Latin gurges, taken to be a plural.
Noun
gurge (plural gurges)
- (obsolete outside heraldry) Synonym of gurges (“whirlpool”).
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 12, lines 41-42,
- The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
- Boils out from under ground […]
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 12, lines 41-42,
References
- gurge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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)
- (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