surge
Meaning of surge
noun
- A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
He felt a surge of excitement.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation
- A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
- The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
- A spring; a fountain.
- The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
- To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
Toaster sales surged last year.
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.
- To slack off a line.
Information about surge
- The plural form of surge is: surges.
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Hyphenation of surge
surge
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- surge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
surge synonyms
Meaning rush:
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Translation of surge
- Italian: valanga, marea, impennata
- Spanish: aumento, aluvión, oleada, surgir, dispararse
- French: hausse, bondir
Anagrams of surge
Grues, grues, guser, Sergu, urges
Words that rhyme with surge
urge, burge, reurge, gurge, regurge, Demiurge, demiurge, splurge, Panurge, panurge, bescourge, scourge, depurge, expurge, purge, repurge, spurge, overurge, PercuSurge, assurge, exsurge, insurge, oversurge, resurge, upsurge, dramaturge, thaumaturge, exurge
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