A whirlpool, chasm, or abyss; a deep or engulfing void, especially a water vortex.
From Latin 'gurges' meaning whirlpool or abyss, ultimately from Indo-European roots related to swallowing or engulfing. Used in English poetry and older texts to describe dangerous water formations.
Gurge is a word that seems to have leaked out of poetry—it's rare in everyday English but persists in literary contexts, where writers need a dramatic single word for that terrifying moment when water threatens to swallow you whole.
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