Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the properties (as the smell, etc.) of bilge-water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the smell of bilge water.

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  • adjective Containing, or resembling, bilge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective smelling like bilge water

Etymologies

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bilge +‎ -y

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