BULGE
What does "BULGE" mean?
A rounded swelling that pushes outward from a surface.
Meanings
- A rounded protrusion or outward swelling on a surface. A bulge in the wall warned of damp behind the plaster.
- To swell or stick out from a surface. His pockets bulged with conkers.
- A temporary sharp increase in number or amount. Schools planned for the bulge in births that decade.
Did you know?
- A 'bulge' and a 'budget' are long-lost cousins: both come from Latin 'bulga', a leather bag - which is why a national budget was once literally the stuff bulging out of a chancellor's pouch.
Word origin
From Old French 'boulge' / 'bouge' (leather bag, wallet), from Latin 'bulga'; the same Latin word also gave us 'budget', which first meant a little pouch.
Remember it
BULGE bulges in the middle with that round 'UL' - the belly of the word sticks out.
A little poem
The wall holds a bulge-
something behind it presses
to be let outside.
haiku
Wordplay
- The chancellor's pocket bulged before the budget speech - turns out the two were always related.
What it teaches
A bulge is pressure made visible - the surface tells you what the inside can no longer hold.
Quick facts
What does BULGE mean?
A rounded swelling that pushes outward from a surface.
Is BULGE a valid word?
Yes — BULGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BULGE?
BULGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BULGE come from?
From Old French 'boulge' / 'bouge' (leather bag, wallet), from Latin 'bulga'; the same Latin word also gave us 'budget', which first meant a little pouch.
What can BULGE teach us?
A bulge is pressure made visible - the surface tells you what the inside can no longer hold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.