bulge

Plural: bulges

Noun

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
• 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.
• The bilge of a vessel.
• The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
• A sudden rise in value or quantity.

Verb

Verb Forms: bulged, bulging, bulges

• To swell or protrude outwards.
• swell or protrude outwards
  • "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
• bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
• bulge outward
• cause to bulge or swell outwards
• 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.

Examples

• a bulge in a wall
• He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
• Her score began to bulge after she played a seven-letter word across two bonus squares.
• The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
• There was a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet.

Synonyms

bag, bug out, bulge out, bulk, bump, come out, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, pop, pop out, pouch, prominence, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, start, swelling, basket, bulge, cockbulge, crotch tent, crotchbulge, dick print, girlbulge, junk, lunchbox, manbulge, mooseknuckle, package, packet, pocket rocket, tent, trouser tent

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