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
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How to use gouge in a sentence
Of that fair surface of rounded cheek, fattened chin, and noble brow not a square inch was left ungouged.
The Boss of Little Arcady | Harry Leon Wilson
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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