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  • adjective curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
  • adjective curving outward.

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  • verb Present participle of bulge.

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  • adjective curving or bulging outward
  • adjective curving outward

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Examples

  • There were dykes (and bykes), dogs, flying condoms, fairy drag queens on stilts, go-go dancers in bulging underwear, and many, many, many hot gay men wandering around in packs, all primped and coiffed and shaved and ready to hit the city.

    Happy Pride Jes Battis 2007

  • Not to worry, well-muscled youthful ward in bulging skin-tight Speedos ... uh, where was I ...

    It Isn't Torture if You Don't Bury Them 2007

  • There were dykes (and bykes), dogs, flying condoms, fairy drag queens on stilts, go-go dancers in bulging underwear, and many, many, many hot gay men wandering around in packs, all primped and coiffed and shaved and ready to hit the city.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Jes Battis 2007

  • The 5-10, 225-pound Davy had been dedicated to rigorous conditioning since he was a teenager and continues to maintain bulging biceps with regular two-hour workouts.

    'Cheese-Free' a Vikings fan loyal to the extreme 2006

  • His right leg now has a mound of flesh almost the size of a balled-up fist bulging from the calf.

    USATODAY.com - For Austria's 'Herminator,' no apologies and no regrets 2006

  • "I hope to win it every year," said Iain Hollingshead, who won in 2006 with a novel containing the game-changing phrase "bulging trousers."

    NYT > Home Page By SARAH LYALL 2011

  • Produced by Grammy-Award winning Jacquire King (Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, Tom Waits, Sea Wolf) and Brian Carter, 'Some Kind Of Salvation' weaves a sound that can losely be described as a bulging mix of scrappy white-boy soul.

    Undercover Music News 2010

  • Gone is the multi-ridge surface that started with the iH5 and continued through so many other iHome models, replaced by a shape that could best be described as a bulging box-a rectangle with gentle curves rather than angular lines on almost all of its surfaces.

    iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond Jeremy Horwitz 2010

  • I recall the bulging fenders, dome-shaped hood, tailgate on chains and running boards.

    Daily Press 2009

  • "I think [his season] is about getting healthy as opposed to anything else," D'Antoni said of the rookie drafted sixth overall in June, who first suffered what the team called a bulging disk during the Knicks 'first summer league game four months ago.

    Latest News 2008

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