单词 | bulger |
释义 | bulgern. 1. (See quot. 1872.) U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 37 We.. soon came in sight of the great city of New York, and a bulger of a place it is. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 587 Bulger,..in the United States generally designates anything very large. ‘That's a bulger of a story.’ 2. Golf. A wooden club with a convex face. (Disused.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club play club1685 putting club1690 gentlemen's club1709 putter1783 spoon1790 iron1793 sand-iron1796 whip-club1808 cleek1829 driving putter1833 bunker-iron1857 driver1857 niblick1857 putting iron1857 baffing-spoon1858 mid-spoon1858 short spoon1858 sand-club1873 three-wood1875 long iron1877 driving cleek1881 mashie1881 putting cleek1881 track-iron1883 driving iron1887 lofting-iron1887 baffy1888 brassy1888 bulger1889 lofter1889 lofter1892 jigger1893 driving mashie1894 mid-iron1897 mashie-niblick1907 wood1915 pinsplitter1916 chipper1921 blaster1937 sand-wedge1937 wedge1937 1889 Sat. Rev. 25 May 622/2 In golf there is little to note beyond the apparition of the Bulger. This club is the invention of a fresh and scientific mind. 1890 W. Park Jun. in Golf 17 Oct. 70/1 I know for a fact, which I can prove, that I invented the bulger..; and I am undoubtedly entitled to the honour of producing the first bulger cleek [read club]. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/2 The ‘bulger’..that club with the round face which was designed as an aid to straightness of hitting, but has now..been quite discarded. 3. (See bulge v. 3b.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmasˈbulger ˈbulger n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > defined by movement > that makes bulge in water bulger1889 1889 Sat. Rev. 18 May 612/2 Mr. Halford..mentions a short way with bulgers, which he condemns as unsportsmanlike. 1899 19th Cent. Jan. 120 A moderate performer with the rod..will..pick up..a bulger here, a tailer there. < n.1835 as lemmas |
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