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bulge
/ˈbʌldʒ/
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What does bulge mean?
noun
- An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
- The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
More meanings (6)
noun
- The bilge of a vessel.
- The outline of a (usually erect) penis visible through one's clothing.
- (figuratively) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
verb
- To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
- (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
- To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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IPA pronunciation
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There is an exact place for the bulge of the collar, and it is on the point of the mule's shoulder.
“You see, I suspected you when we first met. It’s that little bulge up the sleeve where you people have the spiked bracelet.”
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Nag coiled himself down, coil by coil, round the bulge at the bottom of the water jar, and Rikki-tikki stayed still as death.
A malison on the trout that 'bulge' and 'tail,' on the salmon that 'jiggers,' or sulks, or lightly gambols over and under the line.
Thus separated from the fixed and contracted portion of the wall below, the more elastic coronet under pressure of the body-weight commences to bulge.