Antonyms for bulging


Grammar : Adj
Spell : buhlj
Phonetic Transcription : bÊŒldÊ’


Definition of bulging

Origin :
  • c.1200, "wallet, leather bag," from Old French bouge, boulge "wallet, pouch, leather bag," or directly from Latin bulga "leather sack" (see budget (n.)). Sense of "a swelling" is first recorded 1620s. Bilge (q.v.) might be a nautical variant.
  • adj curving outward
Example sentences :
  • Captain Jerry gazed at the extension-case with bulging eyes.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Whether the case can be repaired depends on the extent of the bulging.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Even if the bulging is but very slight, the plates must be pressed.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • He wore a duck shooting-jacket, the pockets of it bulging as if with game.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • Then it slid down, its movement visible in the bulging of the drenched cloth.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The boy stuffed the last article into the bulging bag and turned.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • The cords cut into his bulging muscles, cut into and through his skin.
  • Extract from : « The Great Dome on Mercury » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • The innkeeper stood as one dazed, with open mouth and bulging eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • Interesting, withal, and bulging with personality and possibility.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • And I see you're not bulging the coat out behind with a hip-holster.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper

Synonyms for bulging

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