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Meaning of 'gouge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gouge [ n.]
- A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.
- A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.
- An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.
- Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein.
- The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
- Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person.

Meaning of 'gouge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gouge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- force with the thumb
Example in sentence:
  • gouge out his eyes
Meaning (2):
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
Example in sentence:
  • 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

Nearby Words:

gouache goud goudron gouged gouger gougeshell gouging goujere gouland goulards extract

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