bulging

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bulging

  • /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bulge

noun bulgings

  1. The shape or motion of something that bulges. Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers.

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Closest in meaning: bellying, protuberant, bulbous, gibbous, bellied, gibbose, broken-backed, protrusive, lentiform, lenticular, convex, biconvex, planoconvex, hogged, convexo-concave, convexo-convex

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@misc{bulging_2026,
  title = {bulging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bulging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}