GOUGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does gouge mean?
• GOUGE (noun)
The noun GOUGE has 3 senses:
1. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
2. and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
3. the act of gouging
Familiarity information: GOUGE used as a noun is uncommon.
• GOUGE (verb)
The verb GOUGE has 3 senses:
1. force with the thumb
2. obtain by coercion or intimidation
3. make a groove in
Familiarity information: GOUGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GOUGE (noun)
Meaning:
An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gouge; nick; ding; dent
Hypernyms ("gouge" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gouge"):
dig (a small gouge (as in the cover of a book))
Meaning:
And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gouge" is a kind of...):
edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))
Meaning:
The act of gouging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gouge" is a kind of...):
creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)
• GOUGE (verb)
Meaning:
Force with the thumb
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
gouge; force out
Context example:
gouge out his eyes
Hypernyms (to "gouge" is one way to...):
mar; mutilate (destroy or injure severely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
gouge out (make gouges into a surface)
Meaning:
Obtain by coercion or intimidation
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
extort; gouge; wring; rack; squeeze
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "gouge" is one way to...):
fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gouge"):
bleed (get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Make a groove in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
gouge; rout
Hypernyms (to "gouge" is one way to...):
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
