bulgy

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/ˈbʌld͡ʒi/

adjective

Having one or more bulges; bulging

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belliedbellyingbulbousbulgingprotuberantprotrusive
OriginEnglish bulge ← Middle English bulge ← Old Northern French boulge →
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Meanings

adjectivebulgy (comparative bulgier, superlative bulgiest)

comparative bulgier · superlative bulgiest · alternative bulgey

  1. Having one or more bulges; bulging

    She decides that she desperately needs a new pair of jeans. She has a pair, but they make her look bulgy.

    1979 December 22, Andrea Loewenstein, “Home for the Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 10
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    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I took Mama Tips to State St Animal Hosp. cuz her right eye was so swollen, plus I'd run out of medication. So I told the vet I'd like him to try & do something bout the one bulgy eye.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecurving outward

Similar
belliedbellyingbulbousbulgingprotuberantprotrusive
Also see
belliedbellyingbulbousbulgingprotuberant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰólǵʰ-o-s
  3. Proto-Celtic*bolgos
  4. Gaulishbolgā
  5. Latinbulga
  6. Old Northern Frenchboulge
  7. Middle Englishbulge
  8. Englishbulge
  9. Englishbulgy

From bulge + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bugly
Cite this entry
APA

bulgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulgy

MLA

“bulgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulgy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulgy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulgy.

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