bulges

Noun

bulge (plural bulges)

1. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
   • a bulge in a wall

   Synonyms:

   swell

2. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

   Synonyms:

   hump

4. The bilge of a vessel.
5. (colloquial) The outline of a (usually erect) penis visible through one's clothing.
   • Max looked down and sure as crap, his bulge was huge, and he started to stammer and stutter and without hesitation said, Holy crap Sandy, look at what you do to me.2010, Micky Livingston, Seventeen Inches, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   basket, crotchbulge, crotch tent, cockbulge, dick print, girlbulge, junk, lunchbox, manbulge, mooseknuckle

6. (figuratively) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
   • A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline.1930, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute, volume 7, page 204

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