Meanings
comparative more bulging · superlative most bulging
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bulge
plural bulgings
- The shape or motion of something that bulges.
It was noticed that there had been saggings and bulgings in the trays.
1969, Sugar Technologists' Association of India, Proceedings1 more example
Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecurving or bulging outward
adjectivecurving outward
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