First Known Use: 1513
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1bilge
noun \ˈbilj\
: the bottom part of the inside of a ship or boat
: foolish or worthless statements or information
Full Definition of BILGE
1
: the bulging part of a cask or barrel
2
a : the part of the underwater body of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides b : the lowest point of a ship's inner hull
3
: stale or worthless remarks or ideas
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Origin of BILGE
probably modification of Middle French boulge, bouge leather bag, curved part — more at budget
Related to BILGE
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, nonsense, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
2bilge
verb
bilgedbilg·ing
Definition of BILGE
intransitive verb
: to become damaged in the bilge
First Known Use of BILGE
1728
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