- dent: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
- and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- extort: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- rout: make a groove in
- the act of gouging
- Gouge refers to one of several types of cutting tools, in addition to its meaning as a verb (the action of cutting or scooping with or as with a gouge) and its slang meaning (to cheat, defraud, swindle or extort) and, rarely, as a noun meaning a swindle (gouger).
- A cut or groove, as left by something sharp; A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc; To make a mark or hole by scooping; To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket; To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high ...
- (gouges) heavy marks on a coin where the metal was gouged out from coming in contact with something. Typically worse than "contact marks" or "bag marks".
- (Gouges) Mechanical or forceful removal of metal from a local area of the surface on the pipe that may work to harden the pipe and make it more susceptible to cracking.
- (Gouges) A type of chisel with a blade shaped like a scoop
- (Gouges) are areas where too much material has been machined away. Sometimes called overcut.
- (gouging) In welding practice, the forming of a bevel or groove by material removal. See also arc gouging and oxygen gouging.
- (Gouging) The effect of sharp heavy material falling onto a conveyor belt cover to loosen or tear out pieces of the cover.
- a chisel like tool with a curved cutting edge.
- a chisel- or celt-like implement with a broad groove ground into one face thus giving the bit a U-shape. These are often interpreted as woodworking tools.
- While being carried by a glacier, rocks and boulders abrade bedrock, forming gouges and grooves. Source: Katie KellerLynn
- The latest inside information. Also the poop, the skinny. A summary of important information.
- preliminary information or advance warning, as a form of RUMOR or SCUTTLEBUTT, so as to improve performance. See BACK CHANNEL, POOP, HEADS-UP, FYI, DOPE, THE WORD, GREEN GREASE, HOT-SHIT, GRIPEVINE, JAWBREAKER, SANTA CLAUS. ...
- This term is used to describe a miner digging out opal, or digging with a pick in anticipation of striking opal.
- When a piece of cane has been cut to the right length, it must be shaved down to a specific thinness that, when wet, is flexible enough it can be folded and shaped without cracking. ...
- ^ A V or U shaped cutting tool used for wood and lino cuts.
- A small woodcutting tool with a U curved or V shaped cutting edge. U-gouges leave a burrow like mark, while V-gouges leave a line like mark. These knives or chisels, as they are called, come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. A good selection is necessary for variety of line. ...
- crushed, sheared, and powdered rock altered to clay. Usually found within the fault zone itself.
- a chisel for cutting rounded holes in wood.