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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.
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Gouger
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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; Middle English < French < Late Latin gu(l)bia; compare Old Provençal goja, Spanish gubia; perhaps < Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer
1300–50; Middle English < French < Late Latin gu(l)bia; compare Old Provençal goja, Spanish gubia; perhaps < Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer
Related forms
goug·er, noun
un·gouged, adjective
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Word Origin & History
gouge
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).
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Medical Dictionary
gouge (gouj)
n.
A strong curved chisel used in bone surgery.
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