Bilge
/bɪld͡ʒ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. countable, uncountable
- 2 where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom wordnet
- 3 The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. countable, uncountable
- 4 water accumulated in the bilge of a ship wordnet
- 5 The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. uncountable
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- 6 Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. slang, uncountable
"talk bilge"
- 7 The bulging part of a barrel or cask. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To spring a leak in the bilge. intransitive
- 2 take in water at the bilge wordnet
- 3 To bulge or swell. intransitive
- 4 cause to leak wordnet
- 5 To break open the bilge(s) of. transitive
Antonyms
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More examples"He claimed that my submission was utter bilge."
Etymology
Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).