BULGE, BULGING
ADJECTIVES
1398 ► BUNCHING bulging, protuberant → obs.
1593 ► BELLIED bulging: blown or puffed out; made large and full, rounded
1700 ► BELLYING bulging out; swelling
1843 ► BAGGIT bulging, swelled out → Sc.
NOUNS
1398 ► BUNCHING a bulging, protuberance → obs.
1662 ► BELLYING a bulging out or swelling
VERBS
1590 ► PAGGLE to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle → obs.
1624 ► BELLY to bulge out, to swell out
1832 ► BUMFLE to cause something to bulge or swell; to puff up → chiefly Sc. & N. Ireland
1870 ► BELL to cause to bulge out or swell
1884 ► BUG to bulge out → US
1903 ► POOCH OUT to bulge, to swell; to stick out
1986 ► PUNCH OUT to bulge, to protrude → Amer. dial.
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