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gouge

  [gouj] noun, verb, gouged, goug⋅ing.
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–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.
4. an act of extortion; swindle.
5. Geology.
a. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.
b. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.
–verb (used with object)
6. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.
7. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye.
8. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg.
9. to extort from, swindle, or overcharge.
–verb (used without object)
10. to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like: I bought my clothes there before they began gouging.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < F < LL gu(l)bia; cf. OPr goja, Sp gubia; perh. < Celt; cf. OIr gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer

Related forms:
gouger, noun
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n.  

  1. A chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade.

    1. A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.

    2. 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. To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane" (Vladimir Nabokov).

    1. To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb.

    2. To thrust one's thumb into the eye of.

  3. Informal To extort from.

  4. Slang To swindle.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gubia, variant of gulbia, of Celtic origin.]
goug'er n.
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Word Origin & History

gouge  (n.)
1350, from O.Fr. gouge, from L.L. gubia, alteration of gulbia "hollow beveled chisel," probably from Gaulish (cf. O.Ir. gulban "prick, prickle," Welsh gylfin "beak"). The verb is 1570, from the noun. Meaning "swindle" is Amer.Eng. colloquial from 1826 (implied in plural n. gougers).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gouge
Pronunciation: 'gauj
Function: noun
: a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section for removing portions of bone in surgery
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

gouge (gouj)
n.
A strong curved chisel used in bone surgery.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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