bulger

See also: Bulger

English

Etymology

From bulge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

bulger (plural bulgers)

1. Something that has a bulge.
   1. (golf) A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
   2. (electronics) A capacitor with a bulging top.
2. (dated, slang) Anything very large; a whopper.
   • 1913, Joseph Altsheler, The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad:

     It's certainly a bulger of a place. There are thousands an' thousands of houses, an' you can't count the sails in the bay.

Anagrams

• Bugler, Elburg, Gubler, bugler, burgle