bulging
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/
:
abultado
- His uncle set aside two big ones for dinner and packed the rest into the bulging creels.
- slightly bulging
- bulging-eyed
- bulging eyes
So it creates this kind of very bulging, beautiful lid.
- So it creates this kind of very bulging, beautiful lid.
- And AMD continues to flex those rippling, bulging rendering muscles.
- But I guess The thing is, he's got bulging eyes for an elephant.
- We'll feel the vibration of your footstep and we'll look for you with bulging, sightless eyes.
- Like there is no bulging musculature adjacent to my spine.
- One of the things you said was never see a person with a bulging midsection but surprisingly skinny arms and legs.
- I'm going to have separate male anatomy videos where I talk more specifically about, you know, bulging biceps and deltoids and all that good stuff.
- I see my bulging face pressing further into the mysteries.
- The prayer site nodded and bulging at the wound.
- What I saw was literally like purple bulging like at the seams with red spots all over it.
Examples
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I wear suits most of the time for work and don't want my pockets bulging, so I need a slim wallet.
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"Sebastian's lips tightened even more, and his eyes looked strange, more bulging than before, as if suppressed rage was pushing on them from behind.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her slightly bulging eyes held visible anxiety.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's eyes were huge and possibly round and bulging from their sockets.
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With his bank accounts bulging, Charles went on a shopping spree.
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Joey takes up a big, bulging manila folder from the shelves and begins to look through it.
Fiction book (1992) -
On the bed there's a huge, bulging, red-and-white-checked feather comforter, bringing to mind dough that has risen.
Fiction book (1995) -
Bulging and reddened, the bicep strained against the sleeve of his T-shirt.
Fiction book (1996) -
Suddenly there came a roaring whoosh, and a huge, bulging-eyed, incredulous face rose before me, peering over the gunwale.
Fiction book (2001) -
The bulging muscles on his arms showed how much he had been working out.
Synonyms
42
3.2
A rounded swelling that sticks out from a surface
3
3.7
A raised, often painful area on the body after injury or infection
3
3.4
A swelling of part of the body, often around the eyes or ankles, caused by extra fluid
2
7.9
A swelling of a body part caused by pressure inside
2
8.6
A part that sticks out from a surface, like a bump on skin or rock
1
8.9
A swelling or stretching of a part of the body, often the belly, caused by gas
A rounded bump that sticks out from a surface
A part of the body that is larger than normal
A bulge in a surface that makes a dome shape
How Bulging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bulging comes from the old word bulge, which paints the picture of a round thing like a bulb or ball pushing out. So when something is bulging it is 'swelling' or curving outward because of pressure inside.