About The Word Gouge
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Gouge
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What's The Definition Of Gouge?
[n] the act of gouging
[n] and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves [n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [v] force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [v] make a groove in [v] obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gouge: dent | extort | force out | groove | nick | rack | rout | wring Related Terms | Find terms related to Gouge: alveolation | alveolus | auger | avulse | bandage | beat | bedazzle | beguile of | benight | bezel | bilk | bite | blackmail | bleed | bleed white | blind | blind the eyes | blindfold | bore | broach | bunco | burn | burrow | canal | canalize | carve | chamfer | channel | chase | cheat | chink | chisel | chouse | chouse out of | clip | cog | cog the dice | con | corrugate | corrugation | countersink | cozen | crack | cranny | crib | crimp | cut | cut out | cutthroat | dado | darken | daze | dazzle | defraud | delve | dent | deprive of sight | deracinate | diddle | dig | dig out | dig up | dike | dim | dimple | dint | disentangle | ditch | do in | do out of | draw | draw out | dredge | dredge up | drill | drive | eclipse | empierce | engrave | engraving | eradicate | euchre | evolve | evulse | exact | exacting | excavate | excecate | excessive | excise | exorbitant | exploit | exsect | extort | extortionate | extract | extravagant | extricate | fancy | finagle | fix | flam | fleece | flimflam | flute | fluting | fob | fudge | furrow | gash | get out | glare | goffer | gore | gouge out | gouging | groove | grossly overpriced | grub | grub up | gull | gully | gyp | have | hocus | hocus-pocus | hold up | hole | hollow | hollow out | honeycomb | hoodwink | immoderate | impale | impress | impression | imprint | incise | incision | indent | indentation | indention | indenture | inflationary | inordinate | lance | lower | make blind | microgroove | milk | mine | mulct | needle | notch | obscure | out of bounds | out of sight | outrageous | overcharge | overprice | overpriced | overtax | pack the deal | penetrate | perforate | pick out | pierce | pigeon | pinch | pink | pit | pleat | plow | pluck out | pluck up | pock | pockmark | practice fraud upon | preposterous | prick | print | profiteer | prohibitive | pull | pull out | pull up | punch | puncture | quarry | rabbet | rake out | ream | ream out | remove | riddle | rifle | rifling | rip out | rook | root out | root up | ruck | run through | rut | sap | scam | scoop | scoop out | score | scrabble | scrape | scratch | screw | sell gold bricks | shake | shave | shortchange | shovel | sink | skewer | skin | skyrocketing | slit | snow-blind | soak | spade | spear | spike | spiraling | spit | squeeze | stab | stack the cards | stick | sting | streak | stria | striate | striation | strike blind | sulcation | sulcus | sunken part | surcharge | swindle | take a dive | take out | tap | tear out | thimblerig | throw a fight | transfix | transpierce | trench | trepan | trephine | trough | tunnel | unconscionable | undue | unearth | unravel | unreasonable | unwarranted | uproot | usurious | victimize | weed out | well-worn groove | withdraw | wrench | wrest | wrest out | wrinkle See Also | bleed | blemish | core out | creating by removal | defect | edge tool | fleece | gazump | gouge out | hollow | hollow out | hook | mar | mutilate | overcharge | pluck | plume | rob | soak | surcharge Gouge In Webster's Dictionary \Gouge\, n. [F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia,
gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat.]
1. 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.
2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a
face which forms a curve.
3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves,
envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. --Knight.
4. (Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein
aud the solid vein. --Raymond.
5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge;
a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a
trickish person. [Slang, U. S.]
{Gouge bit}, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.
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