noun
- an outward swelling; protuberance
- a projecting part, as a military salient
- ☆ Informal a sudden increase in size, value, etc.
- ☆ Informal advantage or margin of advantage
Origin:
ME < OFr bouge: see budge
intransitive verb, transitive verb bulged, bulging
to swell or bend outward; protrude or project