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Definitions for Gouge

[1] a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
[2] an act of gouging.
[3] a groove or hole made by gouging.
[4] an act of extortion; swindle.
[5] 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.
[6] to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.
[7] to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye.
[8] to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg.
[9] to extort from, swindle, or overcharge.
[10] to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like: I bought my clothes there before they began gouging.
[11] (usually foll by out) to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the fingers or a pointed instrument
[12] (sometimes foll by out) to cut (a hole or groove) in (something) with a sharp instrument or tool
[13] US and Canadian informal to extort from
[14] (also intr) Australian to dig for (opal)
[15] a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section
[16] a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge
[17] geology a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein
[18] US and Canadian informal extortion; swindling

Words related to Gouge

gash, cut, excavation, scratch, hollow, trench, scoop, score, notch, channel, furrow, shovel, dredge, tunnel, dig, scrape, burrow, claw, groove, excavate

Words nearby Gouge

gottsched, gottwald, gouache, gouda, goudy, gouge, gouger, goujon, goulash, gould, gouldian finch

Origin of Gouge

1300–50; Middle English < French < Late Latin gu(l)bia; compare Old Provençal goja, Spanish gubia; perhaps < Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer

Other words from Gouge

goug·er , noun
un·gouged , adjective

Word origin for Gouge

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

Synonyms for Gouge

channel, cut, excavation, furrow, gash, hollow, notch, scoop, score, scratch, trench