Definition of BILGE

Examples of bilge in a Sentence

That magazine prints a lot of bilge about celebrities.
tried to justify his bigoted tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge

Recent Examples of bilge from the Web

Waves were breaking over the vessel's bow while the Coast Guard was towing it to the Tillamook Bar, and its bilges became full of water by around 4:50 a.m., according to the agency.

— jim ryan, OregonLive.com, "Coast Guard rescues 2 distressed mariners off Oregon coast," 8 June 2017
A friend of one of my daughters helped move furniture and brought over a bilge pump.

— tim woodward, idahostatesman, "Our disaster-prone columnist lives near the raging Boise River. This might not end well.," 19 May 2017
A cooler, a bilge pump, freezer packs and tubing will keep you and your baby cool.

— rob goodier, Popular Mechanics, "Ingenious Homemade Air Conditioner Ideas," 15 Mar. 2017
Any major flooding could cause the ship to sink to the lagoon floor because there are no steel, watertight doors that could be sealed, and no way to pump water out because the bilge system is inoperable.

— Orange County Register, "Queen Mary’s SOS demands action to save the attraction," 14 Mar. 2017
One person alone was admitted on deck at a time, after sunset, which occasioned much filth to run into the hold, and mingle with the bilge water …

— benedict cosgrove, Smithsonian, "The Grisly History of Brooklyn’s Revolutionary War Martyrs," 13 Mar. 2017
If a breach did occur, there are no steel watertight doors that could be sealed, and no way to pump water out because the bilge system is inoperable; any major flooding event could cause the ship to sink to the lagoon floor. .

— los angeles daily news, The Mercury News, "Experts say years of neglect could imperil the Queen Mary’s future," 13 Mar. 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bilge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.