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Meaning of gouge
noun
- Senses relating to cutting tools.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp. Example: The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.
- (originally United States) An act of gouging.
- A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- An impostor.
verb
- To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge. Example: Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.
- To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price. Example: The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.
- 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.
- To use a gouge.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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