n.
- a sudden powerful forward or upward movement:
tidal surges.
- a sudden large temporary increase.
- a powerful rush of an emotion or feeling.
v.
- move in a surge.
- increase suddenly and powerfully.
- Nautical (of a rope, chain, or windlass) slip back with a jerk.
Etymology
C15 (in the sense ‘fountain, stream’): the noun from OFr. sourgeon; the verb partly from the OFr. stem sourge-, based on L. surgere ‘to rise’.