gouge
gouge
Definition
gouge (go̵uj)
noun
- a chisel with a curved, hollowed blade, for cutting grooves or holes in wood
- an act of gouging
- the groove or hole made by gouging
- any deep groove or hole that is considered a blemish
- Informal an act of overcharging or cheating of money; extortion or swindle
Etymology: ME < OFr < VL gubia, for LL gulbia < Celt (as in OIr gulban, goad, thorn) < IE base *gelebh-, to scrape, hollow out > Gr glaphein, to carve
transitive verb gouged, goug′·ing
- to make a groove, hole, etc. in (something) with or as with a gouge
- to scoop out; dig or force out to gouge out dirt
- ☆ in fighting, to push one's thumb into the eye of
- ☆ Informal to cheat out of money, etc.; also, to overcharge
☆ goug′er noun
gouge
Synonyms
gouge
v.
gouge
Usage Examples
Followed by a transitive particle
- away: This gouges away the surrounding GRP and, over time, the axle migrates downwards driven by the weight of the centreplate.
Object
- eye: He had gouged the eye out of the third, for some trifling difference of opinion.
- consumer: The nation's economy gouge consumers even will be cordless.
- valley: It must have been nearly three o'clock when we reached a narrow valley gouged between high, vertical walls and located 150 meters down.
- part: This value refers to how much a toolpath is allowed to gouge the part.
- riverbed: With god-like powers, you sculpt mountains, gouge riverbeds, and seed forests to lay the groundwork for your creation.
- mark: I managed to gouge the mark of Zorro into it during a night exercise on my final phase one TA training weekend.
Preposition: in
- wall: This resulted in several evenly spaced ( but not full depth ) gouges in the steel wall of the pipeline.
Modifying Another Word
- out: Roughing out gouge ( or roughing gouge ) Used in spindle turning for reducing square stock to round section.
- not: No one was left of the Israelites across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out.
- straight: This is attached to a ¼ " No. 6 straight gouge: crossbred offspring of an icepick and an ill-tempered letter opener.
Particle object:
- valley: The stream running down the valley from the car park is obviously too small to have gouged out this wide valley.
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