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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.
If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object.
The meaning of GOUGE is a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section. How to use gouge in a sentence.
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.
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.
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 layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault. verb (used with object)
n. 1. A chisel with a blade that has a rounded, angled, or troughlike indentation along its length. 2. a. A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel. b. A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel. 3. Informal A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted. tr.v. gouged, goug·ing, goug·es. 1.
