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  • 21gouge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gowge, from Middle French gouge, from Late Latin gulbia Date: 14th century 1. a chisel with a concavo convex cross section 2. a. the act of gouging b. a groove or cavity scooped out 3. an excessive or improper… …

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  • 22gouge — 1 verb (T) to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something: the desks were scratched and gouged gouge sth out phrasal verb (T) 1 to make a hole in something such as rock etc by removing material that is on the surface: Glaciers gouged out… …

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  • 23gouge — n. & v. n. 1 a a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery. b an indentation or groove made with or as with this. 2 US colloq. a swindle. v. 1 tr. cut with or as with a gouge. 2 tr. a (foll. by out) force out (esp. an …

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  • 24gouge — [gaʊdʒ] verb [T] to cut long deep holes in something gouge noun [C] gouge sth out …

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  • 25gouge something out — cut or force something out roughly or violently. → gouge …

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  • 26gouge — [gaʊdʒ, gu:dʒ] verb 1》 make (a rough hole or indentation) in a surface. 2》 (gouge something out) cut or force something out roughly or violently. 3》 N. Amer. informal overcharge or swindle (someone). noun 1》 a chisel with a concave blade. 2》 an… …

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  • 27gouge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scoop, channel, dig, groove, rout out; informal, defraud, cheat (see deception, stealing). See concavity, furrow. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hollow out] Syn. scoop, chisel, channel; see dig 1 . 2. [*To …

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  • 28gouge — gaÊŠdÊ’ n. type of chisel; fraud, extortion v. cut with a chisel; force out, scoop out (i.e. an eye, splinter, etc.); swindle, defraud …

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  • 29force out — I noun a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base the shortstop got the runner at second on a force …

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  • 30cut out — I verb 1. delete or remove (Freq. 2) Cut out the extra text cut out the newspaper article • Derivationally related forms: ↑cutout • Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑ …

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