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gouging
We have found lemma(root) word of gouging : gouge.
Definitions
[ɡuːdʒ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade
(e.g: the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water)
- overcharge or swindle (someone)
(e.g: drugs sold by the same manufacturers who are gouging patients in this country)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’
[ɡuːdʒ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery
- an indentation or groove made by gouging
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba ‘beak’ and Welsh gylf ‘beak, pointed instrument’
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