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gouge
(redirected from gouging out)

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

gouge [gaʊdʒ]
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. US and Canadian informal to extort from
4. (Mining & Quarrying) (also intr) Austral to dig for (opal)
n
1. (Engineering / Tools) a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section
2. a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge
3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein
4. US and Canadian informal extortion; swindling
[from French, from Late Latin gulbia a chisel, of Celtic origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gougegouge - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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
Verb1.gouge - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
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"
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
core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"

gouge
verb
scoop, cut, score, dig (out), scratch, hollow (out), claw, chisel, gash, incise quarries which have gouged great holes in the hills
noun
gash, cut, scratch, hollow, score, scoop, notch, groove, trench, furrow, incision iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road's surface
Translations
gouge [gaʊdʒ]
A. Ngubia f
B. VT [+ hole etc] → excavar
gouge out VT + ADV [+ hole etc] → excavar
to gouge sb's eyes outsacar los ojos a algn

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

gouge
n (= tool)Hohlmeißel or -beitel m; (= groove)Rille f, → Furche f
vtbohren; the river gouged a channel in the mountainsideder Fluss grub sich (dat)sein Bett in den Berg

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

gouge
v gouge [gaudʒ]
1 to make (a groove or hole) with a tool He gouged (out) a hole in the wood. uitsteek, uithol يَثْقُب издълбавам (vy)dlabat udhule aushöhlen σκάβω, αυλακώνω excavar, 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, uitgraven hule ut wydłubać, wyżłobić cavar a scobi (cu dalta) выдалбливать (vy)dlabať, (vy)hĺbiť (iz)dolbsti urezati urholka, gräva ut ขุด oymak, delmek видовбувати کسی اوزار سے چھیدنا đục thủng
2 to take or force out The tyrant gouged out the prisoner's eyes. uitsteek يَفْقَأ العيْن изваждам vyškrabat presse ud ausquetschen αφαιρώ με βία, βγάζω arrancar 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 arrancar a smulge выкалывать vylúpnuť oči iztrgati iskopati trycka ut บังคับ delip çıkarmak 挖出 видавити زبردستی باہر نکالنا khoét ra
n
a type of chisel for making grooves etc. gutsbeitel, holbeitel مِقْوَرَه، إزْميل مُقَعَّر кръстат секач dláto hulmejsel das Hohleisen 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, holbeitel huljern rylec goiva daltă semicirculară полукруглое долото duté dláto, žliabkovač žlebasto dleto sečivo håljärn, hålmejsel ร่องที่เกิดจากการแซะ oluklu keski 半圓鑿 стамеска چھینی cái đục móng


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