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bilge  (blj)

n.

1. Nautical

a. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.

b. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.

2. Bilge water.

3. Slang Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

4. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

v. bilged, bilg·ing, bilg·es

v.intr.

1. Nautical To spring a leak in the bilge.

2. To bulge or swell.

v.tr.

Nautical To break open the bilge of.

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[Probably alteration of bulge.]

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bilgy adj.

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bilge [bɪldʒ]

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (often plural) the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also called bilge water the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge

4. Informal silly rubbish; nonsense

5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask

vb

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak

[probably a variant of bulge]

bilgy  adj

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bilge - Can mean "nonsense, rubbish."

See also related terms for rubbish.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bilge - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship bilge water H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
	2.	bilge - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom bilges - in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation bottom, underside, undersurface - the lower side of anything
Verb	1.	bilge - cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel" damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
	2.	bilge - take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged" take in water leak - have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

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bilge

noun trash, rubbish, rot, garbage (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), trivia, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, moonshine, hogwash, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) I supported the family by writing bilge for women's magazines.

Translations

bilge [bɪldʒ]

A. N

1. (Naut) → pantoque m (also bilge water) → aguas fpl de pantoque

2. (= nonsense) → tonterías fpl

B. CPD bilge pump N (Naut) → bomba f de achique
bilge water N → aguas fpl de pantoque

bilge [ˈbɪldʒ] n

[ship] → fond m de cale

bilge

n

(Naut) → Bilge f

(also bilge water) → Leckwasser nt

(of cask) → (Fass)bauch m

(Brit inf: = nonsense) → Quatsch m (inf), → Mumpitz m (dated inf); to talk bilge → Unsinn verzapfen (inf)

(Sch sl, = biology) → Bio no art (Sch inf)

bilge [bɪldʒ] n

a. (Naut) → sentina (also bilge water) → acqua di sentina

b. (fam) (nonsense) → idiozie fpl, cretinate fpl