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Gouge

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Noun

1. dent, ding, gouge, nick

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

2. gouge

and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

3. gouge

the act of gouging

Verb

4. force out, gouge

force with the thumb

Example Sentences:
'gouge out his eyes'

5. extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring

obtain by coercion or intimidation

Example Sentences:
'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'

6. gouge, rout

make a groove in

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gouge

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verb (mainly tr)
1. (usually foll by out)
to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the fingers or a pointed instrument
2. (sometimes foll by out)
to cut (a hole or groove) in (something) with a sharp instrument or tool
3. US and Canadian informal
to extort from
4. (also intr) Australian
to dig for (opal)
noun
5. 
a type of chisel with a blade that has a concavo-convex section
6. 
a mark or groove made with, or as if with, a gouge
7. geology
a fine deposit of rock fragments, esp clay, occurring between the walls of a fault or mineral vein
8. US and Canadian informal
extortion; swindling

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Gouge

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noun
1. 
a chisel with a curved, hollowed blade, for cutting grooves or holes in wood
2. 
a. 
an act of gouging
b. 
the groove or hole made by gouging
3. 
any deep groove or hole that is considered a blemish
4.  Informal
an act of overcharging or cheating of money; extortion or swindle
verb transitiveWord forms: gouged or ˈgouging
5. 
to make a groove, hole, etc. in (something) with or as with a gouge
6. 
to scoop out; dig or force out
to gouge out dirt
7.  US
in fighting, to push one's thumb into the eye of
8.  US, Informal
to cheat out of money, etc.; also, to overcharge

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gouge

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n.
1. A chisel with a blade that has a rounded, angled, or troughlike indentation along its length.
2.
a. A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.
b. A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel.
3. Informal A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted.
tr.v. gouged, goug·ing, goug·es
1. 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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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