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- Dictionarygouge/ɡaʊdʒ/
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 or swindle (someone): North American "drugs sold by the same manufacturers who are gouging patients in this country"
noun
- 1. a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.
- 2. an indentation or groove made by gouging.
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- English (US)
a hole or hollow that has been dug or cut into something:...
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- English (US)
If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object.
Learn the meaning of gouge as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Gouge can refer to a chisel, a groove, an extortion, or an eye injury.
Learn the meaning of gouge as a verb and a noun, with examples of how to use it in different contexts. Find out the difference between gouge and gouge something out, and see synonyms and translations of gouge.
To gouge can mean to make a hole or dent in something, or to swindle or steal by overcharging. If your local gas station raises prices because a storm is coming, you may say that the station owner is gouging you — and that's illegal. The verb gouge means to cut or carve.
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.
A gouge is a chisel with a rounded blade, a digging or scooping action, or a hole or groove made by such a tool. It can also mean to extort, swindle, or force out something with or as if with a gouge.
