noun

• (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
• (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
• (colloquial) The outline of the penis visible through clothing.
  "Max looked down and sure as crap, his bulge was huge, and he started to stammer and stutter and without hesitation said, Holy crap Sandy, look at what you do to me."
• (figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
  "A second bulge in prices occurred during September 30 — October 9. The rise of prices up to October 3 was in part apparently a technical adjustment of the markets, a reaction to the preceding decline."

verb

• (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
  "He stood six feet tall, with muscular arms bulging out of his black T-shirt."
• (intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.
  "The submarine bulged because of the enormous air pressure inside."
• (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
  "Fatal to Man! at once all Ocean roars, And scattered navies bulge on distant shores."