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    [ɡouj]
    verb
    gouge (verb) · gouges (third person present) · gouged (past tense) · gouged (past participle) · gouging (present participle)
    1. make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:
      "the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water"
      • make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface), especially so as to mar or disfigure it:
        "he had wielded the blade inexpertly, gouging the grass in several places"
      • (gouge something out)
        cut or force something out roughly or brutally:
        "one of his eyes had been gouged out"
    2. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      overcharge; swindle:
      "the airline ends up gouging the very passengers it is supposed to assist"
    noun
    gouge (noun) · gouges (plural noun)
    1. a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.
    2. an indentation or groove made by gouging.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’.
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    verb
    1. make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:
      excavate
      cut (out)
      dig (out)
      delve
      scoop out
      burrow (out)
      hollow out
      hack (out)
      chisel (out)
      scrape (out)
      claw (out)
      scratch (out)
      noun
      1. an indentation or groove made by gouging.
        furrow
        channel
        trench
        trough
        canal
        hollow
        indentation
        rut
        gutter
        cutting
        cut
        score
        fissure
        seam
        rabbet
        rebate
       
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    1. to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way: gouge a hole He drove into some railings and gouged a hole in the back of his car. A symbol was gouged into the surface of the wood.

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      gouge /gaʊdʒ/ v., gouged, goug•ing. Building to scoop out or turn with or as if with a pointed tool or object:[~ + object] He gouged a hole in the rock with his chisel.

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      What does it mean to gouge a gas station?
      To gouge can mean to make a hole or dent in something, or to swindle or steal by overcharging. If your local gas station raises prices because a storm is coming, you may say that the station owner is gouging you — and that's illegal. The verb gouge means to cut or carve.

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      Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Name That Thing MegaQuiz: Vol. 5 Test your visual vocabulary! The meaning of GOUGE is a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section. How to use gouge in a sentence.

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      What is a gouge in geology?
      an act of gouging. a groove or hole made by gouging. an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle. 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.

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      What is a gouge used for?
      Gouge. […] A shaped incising-tool used for cutting out forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, or other objects cut to a shape from fabric, leather, or paper.] A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp. The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.

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      The English word is cognate with Italian gorbia, gubbia (“ferrule”), Old Breton golb, Old Irish gulba (“beak”), Portuguese goiva, Scottish Gaelic gilb (“chisel”), Spanish gubia (“chisel, gouge”), Welsh gylf (“beak; pointed instrument”), gylyf (“sickle”). The verb is derived from the noun. gouge (countable and uncountable, plural gouges)

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      What does the term 'gouging' mean?
      The term 'gouging' refers to overcharging. The company has been gouging its customers for years. They have been accused of price gouging. The impact of the accident gouged a big piece out of the wall. He threatened to gouge my eyes out. The river gouged out a wide path between the mountains.

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