bulge
bulge /b'ʌldʒ/ (bulges bulging bulged)
1 [VERB] V, V adv/prep, V-ing
If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended...
He bulges out of his black T-shirt...
He is 6ft 3ins with bulging muscles.
2 [VERB] V, V-ing
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
3 [VERB] oft cont, V with n, V-ing, also V
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.
4 [N-COUNT]
Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth.
Why won't those bulges on your hips and thighs go?
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp, oft N in/of n
If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it.
...a bulge in aircraft sales.
1 [VERB] V, V adv/prep, V-ing
If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended...
He bulges out of his black T-shirt...
He is 6ft 3ins with bulging muscles.
2 [VERB] V, V-ing
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
3 [VERB] oft cont, V with n, V-ing, also V
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.
4 [N-COUNT]
Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth.
Why won't those bulges on your hips and thighs go?
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp, oft N in/of n
If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it.
...a bulge in aircraft sales.