Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a bulb; round-headed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a bulb; round-headed.

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  • adjective Shaped like a bulb.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a bulb

Etymologies

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bulb +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • They say Guinness should be served at 39 to 43 degrees in a pint glass with bulbed "tulip" top.

    Ad Track: Brewers hope beer lovers party on St. Pat's 2009

  • When will you dim-bulbed dems realize that the Gov't can't run anything efficiently.

    Obama, top Dems to tackle health reform alternatives 2009

  • Liebig's five-bulbed apparatus, seen lying on the table in the portrait photograph.

    Von Liebig, Justus 2009

  • On another note, I was recently relieved to see that the Old Town Bar sign was finally back in place, newly bulbed-up.

    Who Will Save the Signs? Brooks of Sheffield 2008

  • Every propane wallop sent a man-sized streak of flame into the open throat of the nylon that bulbed out above us.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Every propane wallop sent a man-sized streak of flame into the open throat of the nylon that bulbed out above us.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Every propane wallop sent a man-sized streak of flame into the open throat of the nylon that bulbed out above us.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • I know the liberals on here thinks she's just a power hungry, trooper firing dim-bulbed conservative MILF but really, just a tad bit of honesty about your own guy would be nice.

    How Sarah Palin could give a better interview. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Nearby, strings of bare-bulbed lights illuminate an outdoor fiesta where dozens of Tecate locals in cowboy boots and chunky heels dance to the rowdy ranchero band Los Incomparables.

    Worlds Away 2007

  • He therefore withdrew from an inner pocket an odd object with little waving legs and a rubber-bulbed horn for a body.

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

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