Word Finder - gouge

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Senses relating to cutting tools.

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A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

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The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.

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(originally United States) An act of gouging.

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A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.

synonyms

• swindle

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An impostor.

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Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.

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Information.

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To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

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Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.

synonyms

• engrave
• grave
• incise

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To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.

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The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.

synonyms

• defraud
• swindle

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To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.

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To use a gouge.

The tools employed are chisel, gouge and mallet.

She grimaced when he peeled back the final layer of bandages to reveal the gouge and broken bones beneath.

In the wild marmosets supplement their diet with a steady supply of tree gum which they gouge out with their sharp teeth.

With god-like powers, you sculpt mountains, gouge riverbeds, and seed forests to lay the groundwork for your creation.

Gently remove the paint with a putty knife, being careful not to gouge the piece of furniture.

Likewise, running on soft dirt permits the heels to gouge out little foxholes on each footstrike.

Roughing out gouge (or roughing gouge) Used in spindle turning for reducing square stock to round section.

Gouge A cutting tool with a ' U ' shaped cross-section used with the bevel rubbing.

Some efforts to remedy this dark condition of things had already been made by Thomas Gouge, with the assistance of Stephen Hughes, and also by the newly founded " Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge "; but it was Griffith Jones (1683-1761), rector of Llanddowror in south Carmarthenshire, who was destined to become the true pioneer of Welsh education, religious and secular.

By scribing is meant that the distinguishing letters are roughly cut in with a gouge.

Some car dealers will give you a great price for your trade, but they'll gouge you on the newer car.

In mining, a "gouge" is the layer of soft rock or earth sometimes found in each side of a vein of coal or ore, which the miner can scoop out with his pick, and thus attack the vein more easily from the side.

The verb "to gouge" is used in the sense of scooping or forcing out.