Sekirov Dictionary

gouge

/ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/

noun 9
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun9

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A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- The "steeple" was a little cupola, reared on the very centre of the roof, on four tall pillars of pine, that were fluted with a gouge, and loaded with mouldings. — 1823
•
A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.
A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
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An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- 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. — 1875
(informal) An act of gouging.
(slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
(slang) An impostor.
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(US, slang) Information.
- As all naval aviators have learned at one time or another in their careers, “There's plenty of bad gouge out there," and it has, does, and will get the unwary fliers in trouble. — 2005
Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.

verb4

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To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.
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To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- In milling, a blade with this irregularity in front slope causes the cutter to drag on one side and gouge on the other. — 1909
To use a gouge.
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To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.

forms

gouged · gouging · gouges

Phrases with gouge

gouge out
To remove by gouging.

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