gouge
verb /ɡaʊdʒ/
/ɡaʊdʒ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gouge | /ɡaʊdʒ/ /ɡaʊdʒ/ |
| he / she / it gouges | /ˈɡaʊdʒɪz/ /ˈɡaʊdʒɪz/ |
| past simple gouged | /ɡaʊdʒd/ /ɡaʊdʒd/ |
| past participle gouged | /ɡaʊdʒd/ /ɡaʊdʒd/ |
| -ing form gouging | /ˈɡaʊdʒɪŋ/ /ˈɡaʊdʒɪŋ/ |
- gouge something (in something) to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object in a rough or violent way
- The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side.
- He had gouged her cheek with a screwdriver.
- gouge somebody/something (North American English) to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to raise prices unfairly
- Housing shortages permit landlords to gouge their renters.
- Price gouging is widespread.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’.