bilge
See also: Bilge
English
Etymology
Likely derived from bulge.
Pronunciation
Noun
bilge (countable and uncountable, plural bilges)
- (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
- (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
- (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
- (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
- The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
Translations
rounded portion of a ship's hull
lowest inner part of a ship's hull
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bilge water
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nonsense
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Verb
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- (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
- (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
- (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
Related terms
Translations
to bulge
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Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (bilge, “wise”), from 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, “to know”) + 𐰏𐰀 (-ge). Compare bil- (“to know”). Fallen into disuse since the 15th century, but revived in 1935 in the campaign by the Türk Dil Kurumu to replace many loanwords by words with pure Turkic roots.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bilge
Noun
bilge (definite accusative bilgeyi, plural bilgeler)
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