/ˈbʌldʒ/, /ˈbʌldʒ/, /ˈbʊldʒ/
OriginFrom 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.
- An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
“a bulge in a wall”
“There was a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet.”
“Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him h”
- The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UKA rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
- The bilge of a vessel.
- colloquialThe outline of the penis visible through clothing.
“Max looked down and sure as crap, his bulge was huge, and he started to stammer and stutter and without hesitation said, Holy crap Sandy, look at what you do to me.”
“As his bulge begins to swell once again, her hand strokes the length of it through his pants.”
“He walked right up to me, the knife poking him in the abdomen, just above his bulge.”
- figurativelyA sudden rise in value or quantity.
“A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline.”
- intransitiveTo stick out from a surface without breaking it.
“He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.”
“The wind actually stirred the cloth on the chest of drawers, and let in a little light, so that the sharp edge of the chest of drawers was visible, running straight up, until a white shape bulged out;”
- intransitive(of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
“The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.”
“You will return from work one day to an empty, echoing apartment, and the neighbors will tell you that B was last seen driving away in a bulging moving van.”
- intransitiveTo bilge, as a ship; to founder.
“Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.”
Formsbulges(plural) · bulges(present, singular, third-person) · bulging(participle, present) · bulged(participle, past) · bulged(past)
Source: Wiktionary