单词 | gouge |
释义 | gouge —gouger, n. /gowj/, n. , v. , gouged, gouging. n. 1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side. 2. an act of gouging. 3. a groove or hole made by gouging. 4. an act of extortion; swindle. 5. Geol. a. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein. b. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault. v.t. 6. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes. 7. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye. 8. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg. 9. to extort from, swindle, or overcharge. v.i. 10. to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like: I bought my clothes there before they began gouging. [1300-50; ME < F < LL gu(l)bia; cf. OPr goja, Sp gubia; perh. < Celt; cf. OIr gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer] |
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