bulge
noun/bʌldʒ/
/bʌldʒ/
- a round or curved shape that sticks out from something
- the bulge of a gun in his pocket
- a sudden temporary increase in the amount of something
- This bulge in the working-age population is set to last till 2055.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. The original meaning was ‘wallet or bag’, later ‘a ship's bilge’ (early 17th cent.); other senses presumably derived from association with the shape of a full bag.
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