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All surge synonyms

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verb surge

  • careered β€” an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
  • eddying β€” a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
  • chocked β€” a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
  • weltering β€” to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
  • look daggers β€” to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • bellied β€” having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
  • mount β€” to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
  • caned β€” a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • cascade β€” If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  • barreling β€” a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • hasted β€” swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • boil over β€” When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
  • whip β€” to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • lunge β€” a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
  • get better β€” recover
  • lose no time β€” act without delay
  • fall over β€” person: trip or slip
  • crisped β€” (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
  • massed β€” a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
  • billow β€” When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
  • bob up β€” to come up unexpectedly; appear suddenly
  • whorled β€” having a whorl or whorls.
  • course β€” Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
  • bestirred β€” to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
  • cataracted β€” a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
  • chocking β€” a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
  • heave β€” to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
  • barrelled β€” a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
  • make haste β€” swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • careering β€” an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
  • caning β€” a beating with a cane as a punishment
  • overbrim β€” To flow over the brim; to overflow.
  • barreled β€” Having the specified number of barrels.
  • get cracking β€” to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • irrupt β€” to break or burst in suddenly.
  • make a comeback β€” popular again

noun surge

  • drencher β€” One who, or that which, drenches.
  • outgushing β€” Present participle of outgush.
  • beck β€” a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
  • crowd β€” A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
  • dash β€” If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
  • gust β€” Archaic. flavor or taste.
  • freshet β€” a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
  • intensification β€” to make intense or more intense.
  • whoosh β€” a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
  • crescendo β€” A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
  • great unwashed β€” the general public; the populace or masses.
  • comber β€” a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
  • highland β€” a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
  • curlicue β€” Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
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