1. Bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle Bilged) (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge

2. In July 1990, Time had to adjust its appraisal, saying: “Cloudy Vistas for Big Science —NASA’s [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Shuttle Hopes Spring a Leak, and Hubble Has Eye Trouble.”