GOUGE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Gouge

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɡaʊdʒ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɡuːdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade

Short Definition:

make hole or groove

Examples:
  • the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water
Definition:

overcharge or swindle (someone)

Short Definition:

overcharge or swindle

Examples:
  • drugs sold by the same manufacturers who are gouging patients in this country

Word: Gouge

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɡaʊdʒ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɡuːdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.

Short Definition:

type of chisel

Definition:

an indentation or groove made by gouging.

Short Definition:

indentation etc. made by gouging

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