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gouge

The correct spelling is gouge.

How to pronounce gouge

/ɡaʊdʒ/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.Senses relating to cutting tools.
  2. 2.A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
  3. 3.(originally United States) An act of gouging.
  4. 4.A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
  5. 5.An impostor.

verb

  1. 1.To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
  2. 2.To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
  3. 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. 4.To use a gouge.

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