Gouge
verb
To make a hole or groove in something by digging or cutting.
She gouged a hole in the sand with her heel.
verb
To charge an unfair or high price for something.
Some taxi drivers gouge tourists who don't know the city well.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A chisel with a rounded blade used in wood or stone carving.
The sculptor used a gouge to carve the statue.
Often appears as...
- wood gouge
- carving gouge
verb
To damage or injure by tearing or lacerating deeply.
The attack resulted in an eye being gouged out.
noun
An act of gouging.
The gouge on the wooden table was deep and visible.
verb
To make a hole or groove in something by digging or cutting.
She gouged a hole in the sand with her heel.
verb
To charge an unfair or high price for something.
Some taxi drivers gouge tourists who don't know the city well.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A chisel with a rounded blade used in wood or stone carving.
The sculptor used a gouge to carve the statue.
Often appears as...
- wood gouge
- carving gouge
verb
To damage or injure by tearing or lacerating deeply.
The attack resulted in an eye being gouged out.
noun
An act of gouging.
The gouge on the wooden table was deep and visible.
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
This use involves a physical act with some force. Imagine carving out something.
He gouged his initials into the tree trunk.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Damage
Gouging creates visible damage or alteration to the surface involved.
I accidentally gouged the table while moving the sculpture.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
This use involves a physical act with some force. Imagine carving out something.
He gouged his initials into the tree trunk.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Damage
Gouging creates visible damage or alteration to the surface involved.
I accidentally gouged the table while moving the sculpture.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
This use involves a physical act with some force. Imagine carving out something.
He gouged his initials into the tree trunk.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Damage
Gouging creates visible damage or alteration to the surface involved.
I accidentally gouged the table while moving the sculpture.
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Safari Live - Day 110 PIPE...
here's the other one over here so it would be something along that's sort of lines that's how wide his poor would have been as he tried to grab and go up and you can actually see them all the way up as he fought his way trying to get through big deep gouges into this military now it's something that's you don't see very
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Making internet widely...
controlling the generation and transmission electricity in America they each had their own regions they each did our own thing they were gouging the rich systematically leaving out the poor and just the propaganda machine of these
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The Worst Place to...
cooking you can see that it's got a gouge out of the side here so the ice just ripped into the point of that there's snow and ice conditions you get an intact the current like really anywhere else in the world
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Why tragedies are...
He marries the widowed queen and becomes king. But after he finds out that the murdered man was his father, and the queen he married is his mother, Oedipus gouges out his eyes and retreats into the wilderness.
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Suffering for Tradition...
neck in five years I was wondering all the time how my neck would look would it be black or white mob leans neck and shoulders are scarred from where the heavy rings have gouged and dug into her
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10 Million Subscribers,...
as a champion fighter wins privileged access to the females anything goes in these power struggles eye gouging is entirely within the rules so is kicking below the belt suddenly
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Magical Finland Sleigh...
and every time i'm close to i think it's going to gouge my eye out but i suppose it's about selecting the best reindeer for the job the job is to to pull the sleigh
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
and every time i'm close to i think it's gonna gouge my eye out but i suppose it's about selecting the best reindeer for the job the job is to to pull the sleigh
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Kangaroo Boxing Fight PIPE...
Anything goes in these power struggles. Eye gouging is entirely within the rules. So is kicking below the belt.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
anything goes in these power struggles eye gouging is entirely within the rules so is kicking below the belt
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Safari Live - Day 110 PIPE...
here's the other one over here so it would be something along that's sort of lines that's how wide his poor would have been as he tried to grab and go up and you can actually see them all the way up as he fought his way trying to get through big deep gouges into this military now it's something that's you don't see very
Video examples
Making internet widely...
controlling the generation and transmission electricity in America they each had their own regions they each did our own thing they were gouging the rich systematically leaving out the poor and just the propaganda machine of these
Video examples
The Worst Place to...
cooking you can see that it's got a gouge out of the side here so the ice just ripped into the point of that there's snow and ice conditions you get an intact the current like really anywhere else in the world
Video examples
Why tragedies are...
He marries the widowed queen and becomes king. But after he finds out that the murdered man was his father, and the queen he married is his mother, Oedipus gouges out his eyes and retreats into the wilderness.
Video examples
Suffering for Tradition...
neck in five years I was wondering all the time how my neck would look would it be black or white mob leans neck and shoulders are scarred from where the heavy rings have gouged and dug into her
Video examples
10 Million Subscribers,...
as a champion fighter wins privileged access to the females anything goes in these power struggles eye gouging is entirely within the rules so is kicking below the belt suddenly
Video examples
Magical Finland Sleigh...
and every time i'm close to i think it's going to gouge my eye out but i suppose it's about selecting the best reindeer for the job the job is to to pull the sleigh
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
and every time i'm close to i think it's gonna gouge my eye out but i suppose it's about selecting the best reindeer for the job the job is to to pull the sleigh
Video examples
Kangaroo Boxing Fight PIPE...
Anything goes in these power struggles. Eye gouging is entirely within the rules. So is kicking below the belt.
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
anything goes in these power struggles eye gouging is entirely within the rules so is kicking below the belt
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably survive, but not very well, and that's what we're doing to the ocean. It's the life support system of this planet. We've been dumping in it, we've been polluting it, we've been destroying it for decades, and we're essentially maiming ourselves.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
As a member of the Senate Aging Committee, I've gone to bat for seniors by cracking down on senior fraud, combating price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, and pushing for wealthy individuals to contribute their fair share to Social Security.
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Marty Meehan
American Politician
First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies.
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Major Owens
American Politician
Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
In some respects, the video-game business is a lot like the razor business, which follows a simple model: Give away the razor, gouge 'em on the price of the blades.
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Andy Williams
American Musician
I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.
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Abigail Spanberger
American Politician
People are being gouged - but often, they don't have any idea as to why they're being gouged every single time they go to the pharmacy.
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Dennis Rodman
American Basketball Player
I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.
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Todd Gitlin
American Sociologist
A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.
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Richard Shelby
American Politician
The American people fear there is some gouging going on.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably survive, but not very well, and that's what we're doing to the ocean. It's the life support system of this planet. We've been dumping in it, we've been polluting it, we've been destroying it for decades, and we're essentially maiming ourselves.
Quote examples
Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
As a member of the Senate Aging Committee, I've gone to bat for seniors by cracking down on senior fraud, combating price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, and pushing for wealthy individuals to contribute their fair share to Social Security.
Quote examples
Marty Meehan
American Politician
First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies.
Quote examples
Major Owens
American Politician
Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
In some respects, the video-game business is a lot like the razor business, which follows a simple model: Give away the razor, gouge 'em on the price of the blades.
Quote examples
Andy Williams
American Musician
I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.
Quote examples
Abigail Spanberger
American Politician
People are being gouged - but often, they don't have any idea as to why they're being gouged every single time they go to the pharmacy.
Quote examples
Dennis Rodman
American Basketball Player
I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.
Quote examples
Todd Gitlin
American Sociologist
A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.
Quote examples
Richard Shelby
American Politician
The American people fear there is some gouging going on.
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