Meaning

6 senses
  1. 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.

    Ausbuchtung, Beule, Wölbung

    буго́рbugór, вы́ступvýstup, вы́пуклостьvýpuklostʹ

  2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

  4. The bilge of a vessel.

  5. (colloquial)The outline of a (usually erect) penis visible through one's clothing.

  6. (figuratively)A sudden rise in value or quantity.

More definitions
  • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Examples

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  1. They both walked out of their offices, carrying bulging briefcases.

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  2. Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.

    Її кишені випиналися від набитих в них волоських горіхів.

    ruЕё карманы топорщились от орехов.

    deIhre Taschen waren von Walnüssen ausgebeult.

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  3. Let the girls notice that bulge.

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  4. She saw the bulge in his jeans.

    deSie sah die Ausbeulung an seiner Hose.

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  5. He saw a bulge in his pocket.

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Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
something sticking out:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something sticking out:

Origin

From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather

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.

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