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  1. gouge
    [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"
      Similar:
      scoop out
      burrow (out)
      hollow out
      • 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.
          • an indentation or groove made by gouging.
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            verb
            ɡouj
            Tone

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            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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