GOUGE
What does "GOUGE" mean?
To cut, scoop, or force out a groove or hole, especially with a sharp tool.
Meanings
- To make a groove, hole, or gash in a surface by digging or scooping. The dropped anchor gouged a deep scar in the hull.
- To overcharge or cheat someone, especially by exploiting a shortage. Vendors were accused of gouging customers after the storm. informal
- A chisel with a curved, hollow blade for carving grooves. The carver reached for a half-inch gouge. technical
Word origin
From Old French 'gouge', meaning a hollow chisel, from Late Latin 'gulbia' or 'gubia', a boring tool, of probable Celtic origin.
Remember it
GOUGE scoops out an 'OU' - a little hollow trough sitting right in the middle of the word.
A little poem
The chisel bites, the curl falls free;
what's gouged away reveals the tree.
couplet
Wordplay
- The woodcarver and the scalper both gouge - one shapes a chair, the other empties your wallet.
What it teaches
What you carve away decides the shape as surely as what you leave behind.
Quick facts
What does GOUGE mean?
To cut, scoop, or force out a groove or hole, especially with a sharp tool.
Is GOUGE a valid word?
Yes — GOUGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GOUGE?
GOUGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GOUGE come from?
From Old French 'gouge', meaning a hollow chisel, from Late Latin 'gulbia' or 'gubia', a boring tool, of probable Celtic origin.
What can GOUGE teach us?
What you carve away decides the shape as surely as what you leave behind.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.