"bulger" meaning in All languages combined

See bulger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-bulger.oga [General-American] Forms: bulgers [plural]
Etymology: From bulge + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bulge|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From bulge + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulger (plural bulgers)
  1. Something that has a bulge.
    (golf) A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
    Sense id: en-bulger-en-noun-clRCGbUZ Categories (other): Golf, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 49 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 48 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 49 46 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 43 53 4 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Something that has a bulge.
    (electronics) A capacitor with a bulging top.
    Sense id: en-bulger-en-noun-nWZU5B42 Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 49 45 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 48 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 49 46 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 56 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 43 53 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 43 54 3 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (dated, slang) Anything very large; a whopper. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-bulger-en-noun-NJSAshN5

Inflected forms

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