Bulge

Quick meaning: Bulge is a noun meaning An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

Meaning

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

More Meanings

1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
3. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
4. (colloquial) The outline of the penis visible through clothing.
5. (figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
6. (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
7. (intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.

Example Sentences

a bulge in a wall

There was a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet.

He walked right up to me, the knife poking him in the abdomen, just above his bulge.

As his bulge begins to swell once again, her hand strokes the length of it through his pants.

Word Forms

• bulges
• bulging
• bulged

Synonyms for bulge

Depending on context, synonyms include swell, hump, basket, crotchbulge, cockbulge, girlbulge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include protuberance, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, bulk, protrude.

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