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gouge

[ gouj ]

noun

  1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
  2. an act of gouging.
  3. a groove or hole made by gouging.
    1. an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle.
    2. the amount of money extorted or overcharged:

      a gouge of $20 for shipping and delivery.

  4. Geology.
    1. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.
    2. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.


verb (used with object)

, gouged, goug·ing.
  1. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge:

    to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.

  2. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge:

    to gouge out an eye.

  3. to make a gouge in:

    to gouge one's leg.

  4. to extort from, overcharge, or swindle:

    drug companies that gouge consumers and the government.

verb (used without object)

, gouged, goug·ing.
  1. to engage in extortion, overcharging, or swindling:

    I bought a lot of my clothes there before they began gouging.

gouge

/ ɡaʊdʒ /

verb

  1. usually foll by out to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the fingers or a pointed instrument
  2. sometimes foll by out to cut (a hole or groove) in (something) with a sharp instrument or tool
  3. informal.
    to extort from
  4. also intr to dig for (opal)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section
  2. a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge
  3. geology a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein
  4. informal.
    extortion; swindling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • goug·er noun
  • un·gouged adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gouge1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from French, from Late Latin gu(l)bia; compare Old Provençal goja, Spanish gubia; perhaps from Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba “sting,” Welsh gylf “beak,” Cornish gilb “borer”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gouge1

C15: from French, from Late Latin gulbia a chisel, of Celtic origin
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Example Sentences

Fortunately, removing those gouges and restoring the wood’s original luster is a fast, easy project that anyone can handle.

The 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.

At 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.

But he finished the task at last and began to gouge a channel in the planking close to the other ribs.

It was as though a giant had taken a gouge and cut a bay right through the sea cliffs.

A small gouge would assist the penknife, and render the operation less difficult.

He was honest enough still for that, though he had not the courage to admit how deep a gouge the luncheon made in his savings.

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