<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part</li><li>protuberance</li><li>hump</li><li>a bulge in a wall</li><li>any sudden increase, as of numbers, sales, or prices</li><li>the bulge in profits</li><li>a rising in small waves on the surface of a body of water, caused by the action of a fish or fishes in pursuit of food underwater</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>bulged</li><li>bulging</li><li>to swell or bend outward; be protuberant</li><li>to be filled to capacity</li><li>to make protuberant; cause to swell</li></ul>