The Clue
Dieter's loss (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BULGE
Tags
Notes
The answer BULGE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Definition
BULGE as a noun:
1. (bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence) = something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
BULGE as a verb:
1. (bulge, pouch, protrude) = swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
2. (bulge, bag) = bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
3. (start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out) = bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
4. (bulge, bulk) = cause to bulge or swell outwards