gurges

noun, plural gur·ges [gur-jeez] /ˈgɜr dʒiz/.

1. a whirlpool.
2. Also gorge. Also called whirlpool. Heraldry. a charge covering the entire field of an escutcheon and having the form either of a spirallike scroll or of a number of concentric rings, the whole field having two tinctures.

verb (used without object), gurged, gurg·ing.

3. to swirl like a whirlpool.