bulge
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Danh từ
noun- 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.
Đồng nghĩa: swell
- 2.
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
- 3.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
Đồng nghĩa: hump
- 4.
(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
- 5.
(colloquial)The outline of the penis visible through clothing.
Đồng nghĩa: basket, bulge, crotchbulge, crotch tent, cockbulge, dick print, girlbulge, junk, lunchbox, manbulge, mooseknuckle, package, packet, pocket rocket, tent, trouser tent
- 6.
(figuratively)(figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt.
- 2.
(intransitive)(of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside.
- 3.
(intransitive)To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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From Middle English bulge (leather bag; hump), from boulge (leather bag), from bulga (leather sack), from *bulga, *bulgos, from *bolgos (sack, bag, stomach). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, bouge, Balg, etc. budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.