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  • 1bulge out — verb bulge outward His eyes popped • Syn: ↑start, ↑protrude, ↑pop, ↑pop out, ↑bulge, ↑bug out, ↑come out • Derivationally relat …

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  • 2Bulge bracket — is a phrase associated with finance, in particular the investment banking industry. It has both a common meaning and a more technical meaning. Historically, the two meanings were more closely linked than they are today. In common phraseology In… …

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  • 3Bulge — A bulge is something which sticks out from a surface.Bulge may also refer to: *A localized discontinuity in an extended military line, for example, the Battle of the Bulge, a major World War II battle *A slang metonym for penis, referring to a… …

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  • 4bulge — bulge1 [bʌldʒ] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: bouge, bulge bag, swelling, hump (13 19 centuries), from Old French bouge; BUDGET1] 1.) a curved mass on the surface of something, usually caused by something under or inside it ▪ The gun made a bulge… …

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  • 5bulge — 1 noun (C) 1 a curved mass on the surface of something, usually caused by something under or inside it: The wallet made a fat bulge in his pocket. 2 a sudden temporary increase in the amount or level of something: a bulge in the birthrate bulgy… …

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  • 6bulge — vb Bulge, jut, stick out, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle mean to extend outward beyond the usual and normal line. Bulge suggests a swelling out in an excessive or abnormal fashion; it may be used when the impression to be given… …

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  • 7bulge — [n] swollen object appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence,… …

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  • 8Bulge — Bulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulging}.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. [1913 Webster] 2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. [1913… …

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  • 9bulge — 1. noun 1) a bulge in the tire Syn: swelling, bump, lump, protuberance, prominence, tumescence 2) informal a bulge in the population Syn: surge, upsurge, rise, increase, escalation …

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  • 10bulge — [[t]bʌ̱lʤ[/t]] bulges, bulging, bulged 1) VERB If something such as a person s stomach bulges, it sticks out. Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended... [V adv/prep] He bulges out of his black T shirt... [V ing] He is 6ft 3ins with… …

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