gurge

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US/ˈɡɜɹdʒ/UK/ˈɡɜːdʒ/

verb

To swallow up.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

gurge1

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

present singular third person gurges · participle present gurging · participle past gurged · past gurged

  1. obsoleteTo swallow up.

gurge2

noungurge (plural gurges)

plural gurges

  1. alternativeobsolete outside heraldryAlternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”).

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

    1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_XII), Book 12, lines 41-42

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Origin

gurge · noun

Back-formation from gurges, taken to be a plural.

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APA

gurge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurge

MLA

“gurge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gurge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurge.

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