Gouge
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Gouge
Noun
- Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
- An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
"The nail left a deep gouge in the tire."
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.