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"text": "Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "noiro"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something sticking out",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "dudor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "kitüremkedés"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sporgenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protuberanza"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rigonfiamento"
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{
"alt": "でっぱり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deppari",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "出っ張り"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "burutung'i",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "부루퉁이"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ppyoruji",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "뾰루지"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hok",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "혹"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protuberantia"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wypukłość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "protuberância"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"word": "saliência"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bojo"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protuberanță"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something sticking out",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "буго́р"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вы́пуклость"
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bulto"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "something sticking out",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something sticking out",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "bulge the onion bag"
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"ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob's Room:",
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"(intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it."
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"ref": "1977 December 10, Robin E. Smith, “Lesbian Version of 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 12:",
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"(intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell."
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"ref": "1739, William Broome, “The Battle of the Gods and Titans”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Henry Lintot, page 253:",
"text": "Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars,\nAnd scattered navies bulge on distant shores.",
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"(intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder."
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "gufohem"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpǎkvam",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "изпъквам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izduvam se",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "издувам се"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "sobresortir"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tūchū",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "凸出"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "túchū",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "突出"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "pullottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "pullistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "pullistella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "bomber"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "déformer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "hervorstechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "hervortreten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "blita",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "בליטה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "kidudorodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "kitüremkedik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "sporgere"
},
{
"alt": "ふくれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukureru",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "膨れる"
},
{
"alt": "つきでる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukideru",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "突き出る"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bureuda",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "부르다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulgeojida",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "불거지다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "prominere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "whererei"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "protuberar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydavátʹsja",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выдава́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypjáčivatʹsja",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпя́чиваться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ottopýrivatʹsja",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оттопы́риваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypirátʹ",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпира́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "abultar"
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{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "to stick out from",
"word": "be"
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"word": "bulge"
}
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