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Gouge

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounSenses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
2.NounA chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
3.NounA bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
4.NounAn incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
5.NounA cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
"The nail left a deep gouge in the tire."
6.NounAn act of gouging.
7.NounA cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
8.NounAn impostor.
9.NounSoft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
10.NounInformation.
11.VerbTo make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
"Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood."
12.VerbTo cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
"The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers."
13.VerbTo 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.
14.VerbTo use a gouge.
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