gouge

gouge  (gouj) n. 1. A chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade. 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. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gubia, variant of gulbia, of Celtic origin.] gouger n.

gouge left to right: hollow, parting, and fluting gouges

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gouge [gowj]

Verb

[gouging, gouged]

1. to scoop or force (something) out of its position

2. to cut (a hole or groove) in something with a pointed object

Noun

a mark or groove made by gouging [French]

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

noun 2. gash, cut, scratch, hollow, score, scoop, notch, groove, trench, furrow, incision

Translations

gouge [gaudʒ] vt (also: gouge out) [+ hole etc]; excavar: [+ initials]; grabar;

to gouge sb's eyes out → sacar los ojos a algn

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gouge [gaudʒ] vt (also: gouge out) [+ hole etc]; évider: [+ initials]; tailler;

to gouge sb's eyes out → crever les yeux à qn

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gouge [gaudʒ] vt (also: gouge out) (hole etc) → bohren: (initials) → eingravieren;

to gouge sb's eyes out → jdm die Augen ausstechen

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gouge [gaudʒ] vt (also: gouge out) [+ hole etc]; scavare: [+ initials]; scolpire: [+ sb's eyes]; cavare