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- DictionaryGouge/ɡouj/
verb
- 1. make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade: "the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water"
- 2. overcharge; swindle: North American "the airline ends up gouging the very passengers it is supposed to assist"
noun
- 1. a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.
- 2. an indentation or groove made by gouging.
to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg. to extort from, overcharge, or swindle: drug companies that gouge consumers and the government.
4 days ago · 1. verb. If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. Stiletto heels are gouging out chunks of the marble floor. [V n ] ...quarries which have gouged great holes in the hills. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: scoop, cut, score, dig (out) More Synonyms of gouge. Gouge is also a noun .
noun [ C ] us / ɡaʊdʒ / uk / ɡaʊdʒ /. a hole or hollow that has been dug or cut into something: There are deep gouges in the soil where the car left the track. a tool with a handle, a long, curved blade and a sharp end, used for cutting wood and stone and in surgery (= medical cutting):
1. To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane" (Vladimir Nabokov). 2. a. To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb. b. To thrust one's thumb into the eye of. 3. Informal To extort from. 4. Slang To swindle.
noun. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side. an act of gouging. a groove or hole made by gouging. an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle. the amount of money extorted or overcharged: a gouge of $20 for shipping and delivery. Geology.
GOUGE definition: to make a hole or long cut in something. Learn more.
See gouge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: gouge. Definition of gouge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
