(~s, bulging, ~d)
1.
If something such as a person’s stomach ~s, it sticks out.
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended...
He ~s out of his black T-shirt...
He is 6ft 3ins with bulging muscles.
VERB: V, V adv/prep, V-ing
2.
If someone’s eyes or veins are bulging, they seem to stick out a lot, often because the person is making a strong physical effort or is experiencing a strong emotion.
He shouted at his brother, his neck veins bulging.
...bulging eyes.
= protrude
VERB: V, V-ing
3.
If you say that something is bulging with things, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
They returned home with the car bulging with boxes.
...a bulging briefcase.
VERB: oft cont, V with n, V-ing, also V emphasis
4.
Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth.
Why won’t those ~s on your hips and thighs go?
N-COUNT
5.
If there is a ~ in something, there is a sudden large increase in it.
...a ~ in aircraft sales.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft N in/of n