GOUGES
/ɡaʊdʒəz/
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
G(2) O(1) U(1) G(2) E(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ɡaʊdʒəz/
noun
- Senses relating to cutting tools.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.”
- (originally United States) An act of gouging.
- A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- An impostor.
verb
- To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.“Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.”
- To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.“The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.”
- To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- To use a gouge.
Source: Wiktionary
