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Another word for gouge

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Verb

  1. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something

    Idioms:
    See also:

    honest

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Another word for gouge

Verb

  1. To hollow out

    See also:

    dig

  2. *To obtain illegally or immorally

    See also:

    steal

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Sentence Examples

  • The tools employed are chisel, gouge and mallet.

  • She grimaced when he peeled back the final layer of bandages to reveal the gouge and broken bones beneath.

  • The verb "to gouge" is used in the sense of scooping or forcing out.

  • "Gouge" is also used as the name of a bookbinder's tool, for impressing a curved line on the leather, and for the line so impressed.

  • In mining, a "gouge" is the layer of soft rock or earth sometimes found in each side of a vein of coal or ore, which the miner can scoop out with his pick, and thus attack the vein more easily from the side.

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