to bilge

Examples

• All

• If the hull is damaged, the ship may bilge and become unstable.

• The crew worked quickly to repair the leak before the vessel could bilge excessively.

• Keep still, you bilge rat.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

• Man the Long Tom, you bilge rats!

  Peter Pan (1953)

• Ah, you bilge rat, of course you wouldn't know.

  Playmobil: The Movie (2019)

• Don't stand there, you bilge rats!

  Peter Pan (1953)

• l says avast, you bilge rat, before l use you as an anchor.

  Popeye (1980)

• You know consarned well who wants him, you bilge-raised haddock!

  Captains Courageous (1937)

• I do bilge pidgin.

  The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Synonyms

T

to take in water

vsto bilge

• Specialized

5.2

To allow water into a boat through a hole in its side

emphasizes that the leak usually happens because of damage

Compounds

B

bilge pump

• Specialized

3 7.1

A machine that removes water from the bottom of a boat

B

bilge water

• Specialized

1 9.6

Water that collects in the lowest part of a ship and is often dirty or oily

B

bilge keel

• Specialized

9.9

A long narrow fin on a ship's hull that reduces rolling

B

bilge well

• Specialized

9.9

A low space at the bottom of a ship where leaked water collects to be pumped out

How Leaky

to founder

2 8.1

to take on water

• Specialized

11 5.5

to bilge

• Specialized

1 9.9

to leak

212 1.0

drip

44 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology