Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which bulges; in golf, a club with a convex face.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Golf) A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun golf A
driver or abrassy with aconvex face . - noun idiomatic, electronics A capacitor with a bulging top.
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Examples
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The machine 'bulger' is having some problems with its filesystem and we've taken it down to run an fsck on it.
DreamHost Status 2009
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He played with an aggressive tone, like a Sonny Rollins calypso, but never completely stole the spotlight, instead blending in with the unusual ensemble and an equally individual tune, which felt like a Cuban samba, a Rio choro, and a klezmer bulger all at once.
Ringing in the American Revolution Will Friedwald 2011
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Of course we are permitted free speech, but the majority are fed of with their abuse of truth, honor and iintegrity. michael bulger
Obama adviser: Protesters wrong about health-care reform 2009
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They must think the American people are blind and dumb to not realize the "south wants to rise again". michael bulger
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Over The Line, comics | Tagged: child's play 3, grand theft auto, gta, james bulger, newspapers, religion, superman | Leave a Comment »
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Number 6 is right. this is pretty much a 'ripped from the headlines' thing about the murder of james bulger by two little boys. they actually labeled the boys 'Child A and Child B'. anyway, it looks good and ill be seeing it when it comes out mos on Jun 6, 2008
Worth Watching - June 6: John Crowley's Boy A Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I happen to have some bulger in my cupboards and always seem to use it to make tabbouleh.
bulgur salad with chickpeas and red peppers | smitten kitchen 2007
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Cracked wheat is another name, though not entirely accurate - it can also be called bulgur, bulgar, bulger, bulghur or burghal.
Archive 2006-09-01 Haalo 2006
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Cracked wheat is another name, though not entirely accurate - it can also be called bulgur, bulgar, bulger, bulghur or burghal.
Burghul Bread Haalo 2006
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He reflected that he was a married man, that he must look very like a fool, that the head of a horse is a silly shape and its eye a bulger; he wondered what the horse thought of him, and whether it really liked being held and patted on the neck or whether it only submitted out of contempt.
klezmusic commented on the word bulger
In the usage as quoted in the Wall Street Journal example above, "klezmer bulger," the word is misspelled. Please see comments under "Bulgar."
January 19, 2012