Associations to the word «Gouge»
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Wiktionary
GOUGE, noun. A cut or groove, as left by something sharp.
GOUGE, noun. A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.
GOUGE, noun. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
GOUGE, noun. An incising tool that cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc.
GOUGE, noun. (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.
GOUGE, noun. (slang) Imposition; cheat; fraud.
GOUGE, noun. (slang) An impostor; a cheat.
GOUGE, verb. (transitive) To make a mark or hole by scooping.
GOUGE, verb. (transitive or intransitive) To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
GOUGE, verb. (transitive) To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high price.
GOUGE BIT, noun. A boring bit shaped like a gouge.
GOUGE BITS, noun. Plural of gouge bit
Dictionary definition
GOUGE, noun. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
GOUGE, noun. And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves.
GOUGE, noun. The act of gouging.
GOUGE, verb. Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes".
GOUGE, verb. Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him".
GOUGE, verb. Make a groove in.
Wise words
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.