different between gurge vs glurge

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Etymology 1

See gorge.

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To swallow up.

Etymology 2

From Latin gurges.

Noun

gurge (plural gurges)

1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 12, lines 41-42,^[1]

     The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge

     Boils out from under ground […]

Anagrams

• Ugger, ugger

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gurges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ur.d??e/
• Hyphenation: gùr?ge

Noun

gurge f (plural gurgi)

1. (poetic) whirlpool, vortex

   Synonyms: gorgo, (poetic) gurgite

Related terms

• gorgo
• gurgite
• ingurgitare

References

• gurge in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Etymology

Imitative of the retching that might be induced by stories of this kind. Coined by Patricia Chapin, a member of the urban legends discussion mailing list of the Snopes website.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Noun

glurge (uncountable)

1. (slang) oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.

Derived terms

• glurgy

Anagrams

• gurgle, lugger