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bulgy

American  
[buhl-jee] / ˈbʌl dʒi /

adjective

bulgier, bulgiest
  1. tending to bulge; having a bulge.

    a bulgy envelope.


Other Word Forms

  • bulginess noun

Etymology

Origin of bulgy

First recorded in 1840–50; bulge + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Mazie was my sweet girl, a jaunty caramel-colored spaniel with bulgy brown eyes that radiated love, even in her final days when she fell almost every time she tried to stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

“About 34 percent of the gargoyles have proptosis — you know, bulgy eyes — which goes along with hyperthyroid,” she says with a chuckle.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

Atlas and Pan, for example, are shaped like raviolis or U.F.O.s, with a bulgy center and a flat, tutu-like disc around their middles.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2019

“Same old green-looking thing if you ask me. Same bulgy eyeballs. Same stupid thing around his neck”

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2017

“He’s red as a pepper, and he keeps glaring at me with those bulgy eyeballs.”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone