verb · transitive · rare

gouge

gouge · gouges · gouged · gouging

тиснути, стиснути, стискати

выбить, выбивать, долбить, выбить глаз

einschlagen, bohren, ausstechen, abzocken

To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gougeTo make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

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/ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/

» Are you accusing us of price gouging?

Werfen Sie uns Preistreiberei vor? — faehrmann

Wirfst du uns Preistreiberei vor? — faehrmann

Вы обвиняете нас в завышении цены? — odexed

Вы обвиняете нас в спекулировании ценами? — odexed

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Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)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.
ausstechen, bohren, einschlagen
долби́тьdolbítʹ, продолби́тьprodolbítʹ, выда́лбливатьvydálblivatʹ
make a groove in
(transitive)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.
abzocken, schröpfen
обдира́тьobdirátʹ, ободра́тьobodrátʹ
(intransitive, transitive)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.
выка́лыватьvykályvatʹ, вы́колотьvýkolotʹ, выбива́ть глазvybivátʹ glaz
(intransitive)To use a gouge.

Examples

13 sentences

Are you accusing us of price gouging?
ruВы обвиняете нас в завышении цены? — odexed
deWerfen Sie uns Preistreiberei vor? — faehrmann
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Tom was accused of hoarding toilet paper and price gouging.
Тома звинуватили у скуповуванні туалетного паперу і спекуляції на ньому. — Walentinio
ruТома обвинили в скупке туалетной бумаги и спекуляции на ней. — Ooneykcall
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Tom was accused of price gouging.
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I'm going to gouge my eyes out.
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I would gladly gouge out my eyes.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping:

to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price:

To dig or scoop (something) out:

to push or try to push the eye out of its socket:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping:

to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price:

Origin

From Middle English gouge (“chisel with concave blade; gouge”), from Old French gouge, goi

From Middle English gouge (“chisel with concave blade; gouge”), from Old French gouge, goi (“gouge”), from Late Latin goia, gubia, gulbia (“chisel; piercer”), borrowed from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbi, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”). The English word is cognate with Italian gorbia, gubbia (“ferrule”), Old Breton golb, Old Irish gulba (“beak”), Portuguese goiva, Scottish Gaelic gilb (“chisel”), Spanish gubia (“chisel, gouge”), Welsh gylf (“beak; pointed instrument”), gylyf (“sickle”).

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Forms

gouges, gouging, gouged, gouged

Base form	gouge · to gouge
3rd person singular	gouges
Present participle	gouging
Past simple	gouged
Past participle	gouged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gouge
he, she, it	gouges

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gouged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gouged
he, she, it	has gouged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gouge

Synonyms

11 synonyms

graveB1 inciseC2 engrave defraud swindle

Close in meaning

force with the thumb:force out
make a groove in:rout
obtain by coercion or intimidation:extort squeeze rack wring

Word family

10 related words

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle