Word Meaning

surge definition and meaning

n. A spring; a fountain.
n. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
n. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
v. i. To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
v. i. To slip along a windlass.
n. To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Crossword clues for surge

- Abrupt increase
- Compulsion to follow skinhead and push forward
- First spectators have urge to rush forward
- Flood
- Flow suddenly
- Groundswell
- increase suddenly
- Intensification
- Powerful rush
- Rise Up
- rising in power
- Rush
- Spike underpinned rapid growth, electrical to begin with
- Sudden boost
- Sudden burst
- Sudden forward movement
- Sudden increase
- Sudden power increase
- Swell