English Explanatory Dictionary

bulge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
  2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
  3. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
  4. The bilge of a vessel.
  5. The outline of the penis visible through clothing.
  6. A sudden rise in value or quantity.
verb
  1. To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
  2. (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
  3. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌldʒ/ /ˈbʊldʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bulge.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bulge.wav

Word forms

bulge bulges bulging bulged

Etymology

From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.

Synonyms

swell hump basket bulge crotchbulge crotch tent cockbulge dick print girlbulge junk lunchbox manbulge mooseknuckle package packet pocket rocket tent trouser tent

Derived words

backbulge battle of the bulge bulge bracket bulge in the onion bag bulgeless bulgelike bulger bulgy cockbulge forebulge galactic bulge get the bulge on girlbulge manbulge protobulge pseudobulge tentabulge youth bulge outbulge abulge bulge the onion bag bulgingly upbulging
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