GOUGE Definition & Meaning

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gouge

[ gouj ]

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noun

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.
1. an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle.
2. the amount of money extorted or overcharged:
  a gouge of $20 for shipping and delivery.
Geology.
1. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.
2. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.

verb (used with object)

gouged, gouging.

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.

verb (used without object)

gouged, gouging.

to engage in extortion, overcharging, or swindling:
I bought a lot of my clothes there before they began gouging.

gouge

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verb

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
informal.
to extort from
also intr to dig for (opal)

noun

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
informal.
extortion; swindling

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gouge¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from French, from Late Latin gu(l)bia; compare Old Provençal goja, Spanish gubia; perhaps from Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba “s�پ��Բ�,” Welsh gylf “b�𲹰�,” Cornish gilb “b�ǰ��”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gouge¹

C15: from French, from Late Latin gulbia a chisel, of Celtic origin

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