gouge

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈɡaʊdʒ/ UK /ˈɡaʊdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to cut or scoop out, or to overcharge; a chisel for cutting grooves

The flood waters began to gouge a channel through the field.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to cut or scoop out, or to... scoop chisel hollow excavate overcharge extort swindle

Word family

Derived forms gougergouging

Etymology

From Old French gouge ('chisel'), from Late Latin gulbia, gubia ('a hollow chisel'), probably of Celtic (Gaulish) origin.

gouge Old French gubia Latin

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# gouge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡaʊdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡaʊdʒ/

## Meanings
1. to cut or scoop out, or to overcharge; a chisel for cutting grooves

## Examples
- The flood waters began to gouge a channel through the field.

## Synonyms
- scoop
- chisel
- hollow
- excavate
- overcharge
- extort
- swindle

## Derived Forms
- gouger
- gouging

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gouge
- Root: gubia

## Etymology
From Old French gouge ('chisel'), from Late Latin gulbia, gubia ('a hollow chisel'), probably of Celtic (Gaulish) origin.

## AI Etymology
Gouge comes from Old French gouge ('chisel'), from Late Latin gulbia, gubia ('a hollow chisel'), probably of Celtic (Gaulish) origin. The history is deliberately cautious: the proposed comparison is useful for orientation, but the wording leaves room for uncertainty rather than forcing a false certainty. In present use, it is used as a verb and noun meaning "to cut or scoop out, or to overcharge; a chisel for cutting grooves", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as gouger and gouging, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old French gouge and Latin gubia, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes scoop, chisel, hollow, and excavate, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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