gouge

gouge

a chisel with a rounded blade; a digging or scooping action: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes

Not to be confused with:

gage – a security or a pledge; something, as a glove, thrown down as a challenge to fight: The knight threw down his gage.; a variety of plum, as a greengage

gauge – a measuring device; to test; a size: twelve-gauge shotguns; the fineness of knitted fabric: sixty-gauge stockings

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gouge

left to right: hollow, parting, and fluting gouges

gouge

 (gouj)

n.

1. A chisel with a blade that has a rounded, angled, or troughlike indentation along its length.

2.

a. A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.

b. A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel.

3. Informal A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted.

tr.v. gouged, goug·ing, goug·es

1. To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane" (Vladimir Nabokov).

2.

a. To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb.

b. To thrust one's thumb into the eye of.

3. Informal To extort from.

4. Slang To swindle.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gubia, variant of gulbia, of Celtic origin.]

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goug′er n.

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gouge

(ɡaʊdʒ)

vb (mainly tr)

1. (usually foll by out) to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the fingers or a pointed instrument

2. (sometimes foll by out) to cut (a hole or groove) in (something) with a sharp instrument or tool

3. informal US and Canadian to extort from

4. (Mining & Quarrying) (also intr) Austral to dig for (opal)

n

5. (Tools) a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section

6. a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge

7. (Geological Science) geology a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein

8. informal US and Canadian extortion; swindling

[C15: from French, from Late Latin gulbia a chisel, of Celtic origin]

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gouge

(gaʊdʒ)

n., v. gouged, goug•ing. n.

1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.

2. an act of gouging.

3. a hole made by gouging.

4. an act of extortion; swindle.

5.

a. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.

b. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.

v.t.

6. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge.

7. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge (often fol. by out).

8. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg.

9. to extort from or overcharge.

v.i.

10. to engage in extortion or swindling.

[1300–50; < Middle French < Late Latin gu(l)bia, perhaps < Celtic; compare Old Irish gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer]

goug′er, n.

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gouge

Past participle: gouged
Gerund: gouging

Imperative

gouge

gouge

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gouge - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) nick, ding, dent blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" dig - a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
	2.	gouge - and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
	3.	gouge - the act of gouging creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something
Verb	1.	gouge - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" force out mar, mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" gouge out - make gouges into a surface; "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor"
	2.	gouge - 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" extort, wring, rack, squeeze fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
	3.	gouge - make a groove in rout core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"

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gouge

verb

1. scoop, cut, score, dig (out), scratch, hollow (out), claw, chisel, gash, incise quarries which have gouged great holes in the hills

noun

1. gash, cut, scratch, hollow, score, scoop, notch, groove, trench, furrow, incision iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road's surface

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gouge

verb

Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:

fleece, overcharge.

Slang: clip, nick, rip off, scalp, skin, soak.

Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .

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Translations

مِقْوَرَه، إزْميل مُقَعَّريَثْقُبيَفْقَأ العيْن

dlabatdlátovyškrabat

hulmejseludhule

RilleabzockenaushöhlenausquetschenFurche

kiskoakoverrin

gougegougergougeuregraverrainure

homorú vésõkivés

gera gat eîa rauf meî holjárniholjárntaka/rífa úr

sgorbiascavarescavare con la sgorbia

išdrėkstiišduobtiišdurtiišskobtiskaptas

grebtizdurtizsistkaltkalts

hule uthuljernstikke ut av

выемкажёлоб

duté dlátovylúpnuť oči

delip çıkarmakdelmekoluklu keskioymak

凿半圆凿挖出

gouge

[gaʊdʒ]

A. N → gubia f

B. VT [+ hole etc] → excavar

gouge out VT + ADV [+ hole etc] → excavar
to gouge sb's eyes out → sacar los ojos a algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gouge

[ˈgaʊdʒ] vt

[+ crater, hole] → creuser

[+ initials] → graver

(= overcharge) [+ customer] → escroquer

gouge out

vt [+ crater, hole] → évider
to gouge sb's eyes out → arracher les yeux à qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gouge

n (= tool) → Hohlmeißel or -beitel m; (= groove) → Rille f, → Furche f

vt → bohren; the river gouged a channel in the mountainside → der Fluss grub sich (dat) → sein Bett in den Berg

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gouge

[gaʊdʒ] vt (also gouge out) (hole) → scavare (also 000) (initials) → scolpire (also 000) (sb's eyes) → cavare

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gouge

(gaudʒ) verb

1. to make (a groove or hole) with a tool. He gouged (out) a hole in the wood. uitsteek, uithol يَثْقُب издълбавам cavar (vy)dlabat aushöhlen udhule σκάβω, αυλακώνωexcavar, escoplear con gubia (peitliga) õõnestama کندن؛ شیار دار کردن kovertaa gouger, creuser לַחֲרוץ, לַחפּוֹר, לִפעוֹר गोल बरमाना izdubiti (ki)vés membuat lubang gera gat eða rauf með holjárni scavare; perforare 彫る 둥근끌로 파다 išduobti, išskobti kalt; grebt menebuk uithollen, uitgravenhule ut wydłubać, wyżłobić څولى ( سكنه cavar a scobi (cu dalta) выдалбливать (vy)dlabať, (vy)hĺbiť (iz)dolbsti urezati urholka, gräva ut ขุด oymak, delmek 鑿 видовбувати کسی اوزار سے چھیدنا đục thủng 凿

2. to take or force out. The tyrant gouged out the prisoner's eyes. uitsteek يَفْقَأ العيْن изваждам arrancar vyškrabat ausquetschen presse ud αφαιρώ με βία, βγάζωarrancar välja torkama به زور درآوردن kaivaa ulos arracher לַעֲקוֹר निकाल लेना iskopati kinyom mencungkil taka/rífa úr cavare えぐり出す 갈취하다 išdurti, išdrėksti izdurt; izsist mencungkil uitsteken stikke/presse (noe) ut av wydłubać په زور راویستل arrancar a smulge выкалывать vylúpnuť oči iztrgati iskopati trycka ut ควัก delip çıkarmak 挖出 видавити زبردستی باہر نکالنا khoét ra 挖出

noun

a type of chisel for making grooves etc. gutsbeitel, holbeitel مِقْوَرَه، إزْميل مُقَعَّر кръстат секач formão dláto das Hohleisen hulmejsel κοπίδι, κοίλο σκαρπέλο gubia õõnespeitel اسکنه kourutaltta gouge מַפסֶלֶת छेद करने का यंत्र dlijeto homorú véső pahat holjárn sgorbia 丸のみ 둥근끌 skaptas kalts pahat kuku guts, holbeitelhuljern rylec ترښخ، تېشه goiva daltă semicirculară полукруглое долото duté dláto, žliabkovač žlebasto dleto sečivo håljärn, hålmejsel สิ่ว oluklu keski 半圓鑿 стамеска چھینی cái đục móng 半圆凿

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