gouge

/gaudʤ/
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gouge

A carpenter uses a gouge to carve a decorative groove in a wooden panel.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A rough hole or groove in a surface: A mark or indentation made by forcefully removing material, often as if by scooping.
    • A chisel with a curved blade: A type of edge tool designed for cutting rounded grooves or channels in wood or other materials.
    • The act of making such a hole or groove: The action of cutting or scooping out material to form a hollow.

  2. Verb:

    • To cut or scoop out roughly: To make a hole, groove, or indentation in something by using force to remove material.
    • To obtain something by force or threats: To get money or something valuable from someone through coercion, intimidation, or unfair means.
    • To press or force with the thumb: To jab or press hard with a thumb or similar object.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The vandal left a deep gouge in the car's paint.
    • The carpenter used a gouge to shape the wooden bowl.
    • The act of gouging the wood required great skill.

  • Verb:

    • He used a stick to gouge his initials into the wet clay.
    • The corrupt official tried to gouge money from the local businesses.
    • In the fight, he tried to gouge his opponent's eye.
Advanced Usage

  • "to gouge out": To remove something by cutting or scooping it from its surrounding material.

    • The surgeon had to gouge out the infected tissue.
    • Legend says pirates would gouge out the eyes of their captives.

  • Economic/Price Gouging: The unethical practice of charging excessively high prices for essential goods or services, especially during a crisis.

    • After the hurricane, the state prosecuted stores for price gouging on bottled water.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gouger (noun): A person or tool that gouges. Often used to describe someone who engages in price gouging.
    • The merchant was labeled a gouger for his exorbitant prices.
Synonyms
  • Verb (to cut): Scoop, chisel, groove, scratch, dig.
  • Verb (to extort): Extort, squeeze, wrest, milk, fleece.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Gouge out: (As covered in Advanced Usage) To remove by gouging.
    • The animal gouged out a burrow in the hillside.
Related Idioms
  • "Gouge someone's eyes out": A hyperbolic or violent expression meaning to attack someone's eyes, often used as a threat or to describe extreme aggression.
    • She was so angry she threatened to gouge his eyes out.
  • "Gouge prices" / "Price gouging": (As covered in Advanced Usage) To charge outrageously high prices.
gouge

A carpenter uses a gouge to carve a decorative groove in a wooden panel.

Noun
  1. the act of gouging
  2. and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
  3. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Verb
  1. make a groove in
  2. 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
  3. force with the thumb
    • gouge out his eyes

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