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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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GOUGE definition: 1. to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way: 2. to charge someone too much money for…. Learn more.
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): The debris is cleared out with a gouge. CarlosAndreSantos/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages.
The meaning of GOUGE is a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section. How to use gouge in a sentence.
If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object.
gouge something (in something) to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object in a rough or violent way. The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side. He gouged a hole in the wood with a knife. Want to learn more?
Gouge definition: A chisel with a blade that has a rounded, angled, or troughlike indentation along its length. Dictionary Thesaurus
If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. [...]
Contents. gouge meaning: to make a hole or long cut in something. Learn more.
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Definition of gouge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
