something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge; the hump of a camel; he stood on the rocky prominence; the occipital protuberance was well developed; the bony excrescence between its horns
[ Syn: bump , hump , swelling , gibbosity , gibbousness , jut , prominence , protuberance , protrusion , extrusion , excrescence ]
bulge (n.)
swell or protrude outwards; His stomach bulged after the huge meal
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
[ Syn: bag ]
bulge outward; His eyes popped
[ Syn: start , protrude , pop , pop out , bulge out , bug out , come out ]
cause to bulge or swell outwards
[ Syn: bulk ]