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View usage for: (bɪldʒ) Word forms: plural bilges1. countable nounThe bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat. 2. uncountable nounIf you say that something written or spoken is bilge, you mean that you think it is untrue or silly. [informal, disapproval] I supported us by writing bilge for women's magazines. Synonyms: trash, rubbish, rot [informal], garbage [informal] More Synonyms of bilge (bɪldʒ) noun1. nautical the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom 2. (often plural) the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom 3. Also called: bilgewater the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge 4. informal silly rubbish; nonsense 5. the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask verb6. (intransitive) nautical (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge 7. (transitive) nautical to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak Derived forms bilgy (ˈbilgy) adjective Word origin C16: probably a variant of bulgebilge in American English (bɪldʒ) noun1. the bulge of a barrel or cask 2. the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull 3. a. [also pl.] the bottommost interior part of a ship b. water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty also bilge water 4. Slang worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense verb transitiveWord forms: bilged or ˈbilging5. to damage the bottom of (a ship) so that water enters Examples of 'bilge' in a sentencebilge Definition nonsense I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines. Synonyms tosh (slang, mainly British) trivia bunkum or buncombe Additional synonymsDefinition foolish talk What absolute drivel! Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage, malarkey (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), blah (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), prating, pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, malarkey, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition anything of inferior quality Why are you wasting your time reading that dross? Synonyms nonsense, garbage, drivel, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (US, slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition worthless rubbish or nonsense I personally think the story is complete garbage. Synonyms nonsense, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (informal), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, malarkey, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, slang), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) - bijou
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