gurge

[gurj]

noun, plural gur·ges [gur-jeez] /ˈgɜr dʒiz/.

a whirlpool.

Also gorge. Also called whirlpool. Heraldry. a charge covering the entire field of an escutcheon and having the form either of a spirallike scroll or of a number of concentric rings, the whole field having two tinctures.

verb (used without object), gurged, gurg·ing.

to swirl like a whirlpool.

Origin of gurge

First recorded in 1515–25, gurge is from the Latin word gurges whirlpool