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gouge::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rout |
| Type of | hollow, core out, hollow out |
gouge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | edge tool |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | creating by removal |
Examples of gouge
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Most adults would sooner gouge their ears out than sit through these kids'films.
From the sacbee.com
Even rocks less than a metre across make it to the ground and gouge out craters.
From the newscientist.com
There are only a handful of major healthcare companies and they all price gouge.
From the forbes.com
We're not sure if we have pavement failure because it could have been a gouge.
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The farther east one goes, the more Fisherman's Wharf becomes a tourist gouge.
From the sfgate.com
Other causes included an excess of operating pressure and a gouge in the pipeline.
From the theepochtimes.com
How will government survive without the unlimited power to gouge its citizens?
From the philly.com
A building association said the practice was not intended to gouge the public.
From the upi.com
Only if you gouge the wall will you need to patch the holes with drywall compound.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Dent: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
- And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- Extort: 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"
- Rout: make a groove in
- The act of gouging
- Gouge refers to one of several types of cutting tools, in addition to its meaning as a verb (the action of cutting or scooping with or as with a gouge) and its slang meaning (to cheat, defraud, swindle or extort) and, rarely, as a noun meaning a swindle (gouger).
- A cut or groove, as left by something sharp; A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc; To make a mark or hole by scooping; To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket; To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high ...
- (gouges) heavy marks on a coin where the metal was gouged out from coming in contact with something. Typically worse than "contact marks" or "bag marks".
