gouged; gouging
1
: to scoop out with or as if with a gouge (see gouge entry 1 sense 1)
2
a
: to force out (an eye) with the thumb
b
: to thrust the thumb into the eye of
3
: to make (someone) pay too much for something : overcharge
gouger
noun
Examples of gouge in a Sentence
Noun
The accident left a big gouge in the side of the car.
Verb
The lamp fell and gouged the table.
A bomb had gouged a large crater in the street.
They feel that they are being gouged by the oil companies.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Maybe they will be forced to stay on their planet and watch helplessly as the Empire gouge mines and eventually destroys everything.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
However, because of the platform’s independent storefront model, Depop has limited regulations in place to monitor issues such as price gouging on hard to come by products.
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Noun
The racing line next to the Turn 2 exit was left with a noticeable gouge.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Maybe they will be forced to stay on their planet and watch helplessly as the Empire gouge mines and eventually destroys everything.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
Verb
Other fragments from the site appear to have flaked off large columns that once supported the villa’s porticoed garden: They’re composed of curved stucco gouged with decorative vertical lines, meant to make the columns fluted.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
However, because of the platform’s independent storefront model, Depop has limited regulations in place to monitor issues such as price gouging on hard to come by products.
—Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Gouge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouge. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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gouge
1 of 2 noun1
: a chisel with a curved blade for scooping or cutting holes
2
: a hole or groove made with or as if with a gouge
gouge
2 of 2 verb
gouged; gouging
1
: to cut holes or grooves in with or as if with a gouge
2
: to force out (an eye) with the thumb
gouger
noun
Medical Definition
gouge
noun
: a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section for removing portions of bone in surgery
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