surge

Meaning

Noun

1. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
2. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
3. A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
4. A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
5. The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
6. (US, attributive, often) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
7. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
8. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
2. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
3. (intransitive) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
4. (transitive) To slack off a line.

Synonyms

billow

wave

👋

swell

ripple

upsurge

rush

flood

heave

undulate

rise

gush

breaker

wash

🧽

large wave

roll

crowd

throng

surf

stream

gust

spate

burst

tide

overflow

pour

soar upwards

explosion

zoom

gush forth

soar up

tidal wave

dash

💨

increase

torrent

rise and fall

impetus

spurt

gush out

corrugate

freshet

soar

swarm

fluctuate

roller

flow

flock

momentum

rash

scend

fill out

Translations

ondata

👋

Woge

oleada

👋

wogen

ondular

👋

houle

oleaje

déferler

vaga

👋

impeto

vague

👋

Überspannung

Schwall

frangente

onduler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɝd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: surgen

In summary

From Middle English surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of source. Doublet of sourd.