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| bulging | |
| 1. n. The shape or motion of something that bulges. |  |
| bulge | |
| 1. n. Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure. | |
| a bulge in a wall | |
| a bulge in my pocket where I kept my wallet | |
| 2. n. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. | |
| 3. n. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel. | |
| 4. n. (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface). | |
| The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside. | |
| He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder. | |
