gouge
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 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.
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.
to engage in extortion, overcharging, or swindling: I bought a lot of my clothes there before they began gouging.
Origin of gouge
1Other words from gouge
- goug·er, noun
- un·gouged, adjective
Words Nearby gouge
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How to use gouge in a sentence
Fortunately, removing those gouges and restoring the wood’s original luster is a fast, easy project that anyone can handle.
Get your scratched wooden cutting board looking bright and new | Jean Levasseur | January 7, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe Obama administration has not put forward any plan that will outright gouge more than $700 billion from Medicare.
The spine of the Appalachian Mountains is being obliterated to gouge out the seams of black coal.
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia | Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco | June 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAt court, Poggio once got into a brawl with a rival official and tried to gouge out his eyes.
I had four and a half rows to trim, and then the whole orchard to go over with paint pot and gouge and cement.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
But he finished the task at last and began to gouge a channel in the planking close to the other ribs.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayIt was as though a giant had taken a gouge and cut a bay right through the sea cliffs.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere StacpooleA small gouge would assist the penknife, and render the operation less difficult.
Wanderings in South America | Charles WatertonHe was honest enough still for that, though he had not the courage to admit how deep a gouge the luncheon made in his savings.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for gouge
/ (ɡaʊdʒ) /
(usually foll by out) to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the fingers or a pointed instrument
(sometimes foll by out) to cut (a hole or groove) in (something) with a sharp instrument or tool
US and Canadian informal to extort from
(also intr) Australian to dig for (opal)
a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section
a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge
geology a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein
US and Canadian informal extortion; swindling
Origin of gouge
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