bilge
pronunciation
How to pronounce bilge in British English:
UK [bɪldʒ]
How to pronounce bilge in American English:
US [bɪldʒ]
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- Noun:
- water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
- where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
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- Verb:
- cause to leak
- take in water at the bilge
Word Origin
- bilge
- bilge: see bulge
- bilge (n.)
- 1510s, "lowest internal part of a ship," also used of the foulness which collects there; variant of bulge "ship's hull," also "leather bag," from Old North French boulge "leather sack," from Late Latin bulga "leather sack," apparently from Gaulish bulga (see budget (n.)).
Example
- 1. Hypogastric drops bilge , disappear sorely .
- 2. Blasted bilge rat , where are you ?
- 3. Do n 't give me that bilge !
- 4. Switch over bilge pumps from port to starboard side .
- 5. Chronic the performance also basic same , also can have period overmuch , abdominal pain and lumbosacral attached bilge is obvious .