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Definition of bulge
bulged
;bulging
transitive verb
: to cause to bulge
intransitive verb
1 archaic : bilge
2a : to jut out : swellb : to bend outward prevent the brick wall from bulgingc : to become swollen or protuberant … a pair of arresting pale blue eyes that tend to bulge maniacally … — Jeremy Egner
3 : to be filled to overflowing a notebook that bulged with ideas
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Examples of bulge in a Sentence
His face turned white and his eyes bulged.
middle-aged people bulging at the waist
Their bags bulged with books and papers.
The squirrel's cheeks were bulging with nuts.
a notebook bulging with ideas
Recent Examples of bulge from the Web
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Eight days after the voucher meeting, Ebony induced labor and gave birth to Kamariya, a girl with bulging cheeks and a mess of black hair.
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McGregor also played Emmit's brother, Ray, who was balding, with a bulging gut and an unglamorous job as a parole officer.
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Between a line of fishing boats and several small houses, the hip-high levee bulged like a balloon.
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In a reversal of the climax to the long-running game show Supermarket Sweep — where entrants with bulging shopping carts competed to ring up the highest value — the 31-year-old put 117 items in her cart, but sought to keep her bill low.
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There was the annoying Erie clown, who walked through the bulging stands honking his horn.
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Nadal is no longer the 19-year-old who won the French Open in his debut in 2005, wearing long white pirate shorts, his flowing locks wrapped by a white headband, his sleeveless shirt revealing bulging biceps.
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Sandra tapped her claws like castanets, and her ligaments bulged.
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The bandwagon is bulging with country stars, pro athletes and people swelling with civic pride for the best show in Music City.
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Origin and Etymology of bulge
Middle English bolgen
bulge
Definition of bulge
2 : a protuberant or swollen part or place a bulge in the wall trying to get rid of the bulge around his middle
3 : advantage, upper hand letting them get the bulge on you
4 : sudden expansion a population bulge
Examples of bulge in a Sentence
“What's in there?” he asked, pointing to the large bulge in my purse.
I'm exercising to get rid of this bulge around my middle.
Recent Examples of bulge from the Web
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Engineers say the Inuit, through trial and error, devised a design based on a parabola, not a semicircle, eliminating the forces that would make a true hemisphere bulge and collapse.
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Under the tape on his right wrist was a rectangular bulge.
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Egypt’s population has tripled since 1960, with the annual growth rate peaking in 1987 at nearly 2.8 percent, creating a youth bulge that the country has struggled to come to terms with.
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There are various things that may cause the bulge to develop.
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With age, disease or injury, spinal discs can degenerate and bulge, resulting in back pain, which can be debilitating.
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Other precautionary measures include properly cooking, cleaning and chilling food, and avoiding canned food with bulges or cracks, the CDC says.
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Look for swelling, such as bulges, damage or cracks, and leaking.
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A northward bulge in the jet stream will cause the unusual warmth, AccuWeather said.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bulge'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of bulge
Middle English boulge, bouge leather bag, curved part, from Anglo-French bouge bag — more at budget
Synonym Discussion of bulge
BULGE Defined for English Language Learners
bulge
playDefinition of bulge for English Language Learners
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: to stick out in a rounded lump
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: to be completely filled with something
bulge
Definition of bulge for English Language Learners
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: a rounded lump on the surface of something
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: a sudden increase
BULGE Defined for Kids
Definition of bulge for Students
bulged
;bulging
: to swell or curve outward Muscles bulged from his shirt.
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