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bulge
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?ld?/
- (US) IPA(key): /b?ld?/, /b?ld?/
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. See also budget.
Noun
bulge (plural bulges)
- Something 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.
- (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
- (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
- (figuratively) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
- 1930, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute (volume 7, page 204)
- 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.
- 1930, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute (volume 7, page 204)
Derived terms
- cockbulge
- manbulge
Translations
See also
- bulge bracket
Verb
bulge (third-person singular simple present bulges, present participle bulging, simple past and past participle bulged)
- (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
- The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
- He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
- (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
- 1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, p. 253,[2]
- Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,
- And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
- 1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, p. 253,[2]
Derived terms
- abulge
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bugle
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distention
English
Alternative forms
- distension
Etymology
From Middle French distension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?t?n??n/
Noun
distention (countable and uncountable, plural distentions)
- The act of distending.
Translations
Anagrams
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