GOUGE


Meaning of GOUGE in English

I. gouge 1 /ɡaʊdʒ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something:

He took a knife and gouged a hole in the bottom of the boat.

gouge something ↔ out phrasal verb

1 . to form a hole, space etc by digging into a surface and removing material, or to remove material by digging

gouge something ↔ out of

A rough road had been gouged out of the rock.

Every week 30,000 tonnes of slate are gouged out of the mountains.

2 . gouge sb’s eyes out to remove someone’s eyes with a pointed weapon

II. gouge 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Late Latin gulbia ]

a hole or cut made in something, usually by a sharp tool or weapon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.