— bulgingly , adv.
/bulj/ , n. , v. , bulged, bulging .
n.
1. a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
2. any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits.
3. a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater.
v.i.
4. to swell or bend outward; be protuberant.
5. to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies.
v.t.
6. to make protuberant; cause to swell.
[ 1200-50; ME: bag, hump bulga bag bolg bag ]
Syn. 4. protrude, project, stick out.
Pronunciation . See bulk 1 .