Bulge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
  2. any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices: the bulge in profits.
  3. a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater.
verb (used without object), bulged, bulg·ing.
  1. to swell or bend outward; be protuberant.
  2. to be filled to capacity: The box bulged with cookies.
verb (used with object), bulged, bulg·ing.
  1. to make protuberant; cause to swell.
noun
  1. the final major German counteroffensive in World War II, begun December 16, 1944, and thrusting deep into Allied territory in N and E Belgium: repulsed January 1945.
noun
  1. a swelling or an outward curve
  2. a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population
  3. British another name for baby boom
  4. the projecting part of an army's front line; salient
verb
  1. to swell outwards
noun
  1. (in World War II) the final major German counteroffensive in 1944 when the Allied forces were pushed back into NE Belgium; the Germans were repulsed by Jan 1945
Bulge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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