gurge

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜɹdʒ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːdʒ/ 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 === Back-formation from gurges, taken to be a plural. ==== Noun ==== gurge (plural gurges) (obsolete outside heraldry) Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”). ==== 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) (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