Usually means: Swirl or whirlpool; to engulf.
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  1. gurge: Merriam-Webster
  2. gurge: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gurge: Wordnik
  4. gurge: Wiktionary
  5. gurge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. gurge: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Gurge, gurge: Dictionary.com
  8. Gurge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Gurge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. gurge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Gurge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. gurge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. gurge: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Gurge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gurge: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gurge)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To swallow up.
▸ noun:  (obsolete outside heraldry) Synonym of gurges (“whirlpool”).

Similar:
whirlpool, whirl, swirl, purl, eddy, gobbet, gobble up, englut, swallow, engulph, more...

Opposite:
spout, flow, pour, stream, rush

Types:
whirlpool, eddie, vortex, swirl, swirling pool, more...

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Similar:
whirlpool, whirl, swirl, purl, eddy, gobbet, gobble up, englut, swallow, engulph, more...

Opposite:
spout, flow, pour, stream, rush

Types:
whirlpool, eddie, vortex, swirl, swirling pool, more...



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