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Gouge   /gaʊdʒ/   Listen
Gouge

noun
1.
An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).  Synonyms: dent, ding, nick.
2.
And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves.
3.
The act of gouging.
verb
1.
Force with the thumb.  Synonym: force out.
2.
Obtain by coercion or intimidation.  Synonyms: extort, rack, squeeze, wring.  "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
3.
Make a groove in.  Synonym: rout.



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"Gouge" Quotes from Famous Books



... where rail and water are bound to meet,' he told me, 'I insure the terminal on tidewater which the railroad must have before consenting to build. But if I sell it to Tom, Dick, and Harry, they will be certain to gouge the railroad when the latter tries to buy it from them. They may scare ...
— The Valley of the Giants • Peter B. Kyne

... longer entertained by Eastern people, that going to the West, or the 'Backwoods,' as it was formerly called, is to remove to a heathen land, to a land of ignorance and barbarism, where the people do nothing but rob, and fight, and gouge! Some parts of the West have obtained this character, but most undeservedly, from the Fearons, the [Basil] Halls, the Trollopes, and other ignorant and insolent travellers from England, who, because they were not allowed to insult and outrage as they pleased, with Parthian spirit, hurled ...
— A New Guide for Emigrants to the West • J. M. Peck

... tried to gouge, Bill in self-defence dropped his sparring and resorted to the Indian tricks taught him by Lee. He took joy in the thought that the person who had taught him such clever modes of self-defence was now to be benefitted ...
— Battling the Clouds - or, For a Comrade's Honor • Captain Frank Cobb

... a sorry weapon, as regarded its chief blades. But it had a saw, and a gouge to remove stones from ...
— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed

... of the draw-knife, spoke-shave, and templates is the same, but the hollowing out of the inside of the hull will be a much more difficult job. However, with a couple of good sharp chisels and a gouge the work will not be so difficult as at first appears. The use of an auger and bit will greatly aid in the work. After the outside of the hull is brought to shape the wooden form is drilled with holes, as shown in Fig. 15. This will make it much easier to chip the wood away. After the major portion ...
— Boys' Book of Model Boats • Raymond Francis Yates


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