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| surging | |
| 1. n. The action or an instance of a surge. |  |
| surge | |
| 1. n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. | |
| He felt a surge of excitement. | |
| 2. n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation | |
| 3. n. (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current. | |
| A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district. | |
| 4. n. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501). | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain. | |
| 6. n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly. | |
| Toaster sales surged last year. | |
| 8. v. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly. | |
| A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line. | |
