gouge verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of gouge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary gouge something (in something) to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object in a rough or violent way The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side He gouged a hole in the wood with a knife
Gouging - definition of gouging by The Free Dictionary To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane" (Vladimir Nabokov) 2 a To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb b To thrust one's thumb into the eye of 3 Informal To extort from 4 Slang To swindle
gouging - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Building to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg to extort from, swindle, or overcharge v i to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like: I bought my clothes there before they began gouging
Gouging Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Despite public grumblings and political threats of investigations into the " gouging " of consumers heard every time gas prices rise, these threats remain empty political rhetoric, since these investigations never seem to progress very far
Gouge - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com To gouge can mean to make a hole or dent in something, or to swindle or steal by overcharging If your local gas station raises prices because a storm is coming, you may say that the station owner is gouging you — and that's illegal
gouging - Wiktionary, the free dictionary gouging (countable and uncountable, plural gougings) The act of one who gouges The damage consists in general of more or less deep cuts or gougings on the flesh side of the hide, often penetrating through the hide to the grain side