Word Finder - gouged

definition

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

example

Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.

synonyms

• engrave
• grave
• incise

definition

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

example

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

synonyms

• defraud
• swindle

definition

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.

definition

To use a gouge.

She gouged an eye out of the potato she was holding.

He followed the gouged earth where the vehicle had ripped its path downward.

In the early days of auction sites, consumers felt gouged by shipping prices.

It must have been nearly three o'clock when we reached a narrow valley gouged between high, vertical walls and located 150 meters down.

The design is traced on the wood with charcoal, gouged out in the rough, and finished with sharp fine tools, using the mallet for every stroke.

As he slid away, his belt buckle gouged into her stomach and she cried out in pain.