bulge

  • 31Bulge — The Bulge of Brazil consisting of South America’s easternmost coast between Joao Pessoa and Recife …

    Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • 32bulge —    an indication of sexual arousal in a male    Seen through an outer garment, but not a pot belly:     She thought she saw the bulge of him, and she believed she had control of him. (Seymour, 1997) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 33bulge — noun 1》 a rounded swelling distorting a flat surface. 2》 Military a piece of land projecting outwards from an otherwise regular line. 3》 informal a temporary increase: a bulge in the birth rate. verb swell or protrude to an unnatural extent. ↘be… …

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  • 34bulge — 1. noun a bulge under his jacket Syn: swelling, bump, lump, hump, protrusion 2. verb the veins in his neck bulged Syn: swell, stick out, project, protrude, stand out, puff out, balloon (out), fill out …

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  • 35bulge — [bʌldʒ] noun [C] I a shape that curves outwards on the surface of something II verb [I] bulge [bʌldʒ] to stick out in a curved shape …

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  • 36Bulge 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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  • 37Bulge ways — Bulge Bulge (b[u^]lj), n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. b[=o]lginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b[.r]h to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. {Bilge}, {Belly},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38bulge-bracket — bulge brac‧ket [ˈbʌldʒ ˌbrækt] adjective [only before a noun] BANKING very large and successful used especially about banks: • The US investment banking industry has seen a lot of consolidation in recent years, with the development of a number… …

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  • 39Bulge (astronomy) — Galactic center redirects here. For the center of the Milky Way galaxy, see Galactic Center. In astronomy, a bulge is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger formation. The term almost exclusively refers to the central group of stars… …

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  • 40bulge out — verb bulge outward His eyes popped • Syn: ↑start, ↑protrude, ↑pop, ↑pop out, ↑bulge, ↑bug out, ↑come out • Derivationally relat …

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