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   gouge

   /ɡaʊdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade: "the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water"
   • ▪ make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface), especially so as to mar or disfigure it: "he had wielded the blade inexpertly, gouging the grass in several places"
   • ▪ cut or force something out roughly or brutally: "one of the young man's eyes had been gouged out"
   • ▪ dig for minerals, especially opal: Australian "he was gouging for ore"
   • 2. overcharge or swindle (someone): North American "drugs sold by the same manufacturers who are gouging patients in this country"
   • ▪ obtain money by swindling or extortion: "he'd gouged wads out of Morty"

   noun

   • 1. a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.
   • 2. an indentation or groove made by gouging.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gouger noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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     2

   • O

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   • U

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   • G

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   • E

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