verb🔗ShareTo 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."markactionutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."businesseconomyvaluefinancecommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The angry child was gouging at the sandcastle with his small shovel, destroying it quickly. "bodyactioninhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use a gouge."The carpenter was gouging a decorative groove into the wooden chair leg. "utensilworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mark produced by gouging."The carpenter carefully examined the gouging in the wooden beam. "markChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
