Gurge

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gurge \Gurge\ (g[^u]rj), n. [L. gurges.]
     A whirlpool. [Obs.]
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           The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
           Boils out from under ground.             --Milton.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gurge \Gurge\, v. t. [See {Gorge}.]
     To swallow up. [Obs.]
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "gurge":
     Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater,
     centrifugate, centrifuge, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux,
     dizzy round, eddy, gulf, gyre, maelstrom, pirouette, purl,
     rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, round, spin,
     surge, swirl, turn, twirl, vortex, wheel, whirl, whirligig,
     whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl