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Raregouge
The correct spelling is gouge.
How to pronounce gouge
/ɡaʊdʒ/
nounIPA: /ɡaʊdʒ/
Say it like: Gow-je
The correct spelling is gouge. Senses relating to cutting tools. For example: "The nail left a deep gouge in the tire."
Usage Examples
“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.”
“Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.”
“The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Senses relating to cutting tools.
- 2.A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- 3.(originally United States) An act of gouging.
- 4.A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- 5.An impostor.
verb
- 1.To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- 2.To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- 3.To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- 4.To use a gouge.
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