bulge
[ buhlj ]
/ bʌldʒ /
noun
a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits.
a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater.
verb (used without object), bulged, bulg·ing.
to swell or bend outward; be protuberant.
to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies.
verb (used with object), bulged, bulg·ing.
to make protuberant; cause to swell.
Origin of bulge
1200–50; Middle English: bag, hump < Old French < Latin
bulga bag < Celtic; compare Irish
bolg bag
pronunciation note for bulge
See
bulk1.
OTHER WORDS FROM bulge
bulg·ing·ly, adverb out·bulge, verb, out·bulged, out·bulg·ing.Words nearby bulge
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British Dictionary definitions for bulging (1 of 2)
bulge
/ (bʌldʒ) /
noun
a swelling or an outward curve
a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population
British another name for baby boom
British
the projecting part of an army's front line; salient
verb
to swell outwards
Derived forms of bulge
bulging, adjective bulgingly, adverb bulgy, adjective bulginess, nounWord Origin for bulge
C13: from Old French
bouge, from Latin
bulga bag, probably of Gaulish origin
British Dictionary definitions for bulging (2 of 2)
Bulge
/ (bʌldʒ) /
noun
Battle of the Bulge
(in World War II) the final major German counteroffensive in 1944 when the Allied forces were pushed back into NE Belgium; the Germans were repulsed by Jan 1945