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BULGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bulgy mean? 

BULGY (adjective)
  The adjective BULGY has 1 sense:

1. curving outwardplay

  Familiarity information: BULGY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BULGY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: bulgier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: bulgiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Curving outward

Synonyms:

bellied; bellying; bulbous; bulging; bulgy; protuberant

Similar:

protrusive (thrusting outward)

Derivation:

bulge (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

bulginess (the property possessed by a rounded convexity)


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