The meaning of GOUGE is a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section. How to use gouge in a sentence.

GOUGE meaning: 1. to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way: 2. to charge someone too much money for…. Learn more.

GOUGE definition: a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side. See examples of gouge used in a sentence.

A gouge is a tool which is used for cutting and shaping wood. If you say that a business gouges its customers, you mean that it forces them to pay an unfairly high price for its goods or …

Dec 14, 2025 · A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp. quotations The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.

gouge /gaʊdʒ/ v., gouged, goug•ing. Building to scoop out or turn with or as if with a pointed tool or object:[~ + object] He gouged a hole in the rock with his chisel.

1. To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane" (Vladimir Nabokov). 2. a. To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb. b. …

• To shape the generous indentation, the wood was taken out gradually with a deep oval gouge. • He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the …

GOUGE meaning: 1 : to cut a deep hole in (something); 2 : to make (a deep hole) in something

Definition of gouge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. gouge something (in something) to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object in a rough or violent way. …