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bilge

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English

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Etymology

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Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɪld͡ʒ/
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Noun

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bilge (countable and uncountable, plural bilges)

  1. (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  2. (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
  3. (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
    talk bilge
    complete bilge
  5. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

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Verb

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bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle bilged)

  1. (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
  2. (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
  3. (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (b²il²ga /⁠bilge⁠/, “wise”), from 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bil-⁠/, “to know”) + 𐰏𐰀 (ga /⁠-ge⁠/). Compare bil- (“to know”). Fallen into disuse since the 15th century, but revived in 1935 in the campaign by the Türk Dil Kurumu to replace many loanwords by words with native Turkic roots.

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Adjective

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bilge

  1. wise, sage, profound
    Synonym: hakim

Noun

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bilge (definite accusative bilgeyi, plural bilgeler)

  1. wise person
  2. polymath

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