bulge (n.)

  1. 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 (v.)

  1. swell or protrude outwards; His stomach bulged after the huge meal

    [ Syn: pouch , protrude ]

  2. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

    [ Syn: bag ]

  3. bulge outward; His eyes popped

    [ Syn: start , protrude , pop , pop out , bulge out , bug out , come out ]

  4. cause to bulge or swell outwards

    [ Syn: bulk ]

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