bilging

Variant of bilge

noun

  1. the bulge of a barrel or cask
  2. the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull
    1. the bottommost interior part of a ship
    2. water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty
  3. Slang worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense

Origin: var. of bulge

transitive verb bilged, bilging

to damage the bottom of (a ship) so that water enters

intransitive verb

to suffer such damage
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