(originally, US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
One man he disappoint me He give me the gouge and he take my glee Now every other man I see Remind me of the one man who disappointed me
Doesn’t work these days. Ticketmaster is a gouge fest for any event. Bruce knows this. He can’t do anything about it. Middle class cannot afford to see a show when tickets start at $250 just for the seat.
(originally, US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
The planing-machine, on the contrary, uses revolving knives, which make a succession of little gouges in the wood; these gouges, which would otherwise leave the surface very irregular, are made to leave it tolerably smooth by following o…
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Someone who gouges.
(Ireland, slang) A thug or lout.
Irish slang for a low-life, thug, or anti-social lout — the kind of person who starts trouble outside chipper shops at midnight and wears a tracksuit like a uniform. A gouger is typically loud, aggressive, and not someone you want to cross paths with on a dark street. Dubliners use it freely and with great relish. The term carries real edge: calling someone a gouger isn't a gentle insult, it's a full character assassination. Also used loosely for anyone being unreasonably difficult.
i'll gouge you out with my fangs!
“Just started to blow up thinking someone had managed to gouge the car door without letting me know but in fact, it was an enormous dead bug.”
“Now I'll have to gouge my eyes out.”
“And further more, it’s not really penalizing anything. It’s just restricting it. It’s not like anyone’s being flogged. You’re just not allowed to gouge anymore. It’s a rule, not a punishment. 🙄 … Humans…”
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A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.
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(slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
He makes himself look at his daughter's changing body the way he might look at a gouge on his own leg, forcing himself to examine every detail until he's not looking at a horror but a fact; something that needs fixing.
“One man he disappoint me He give me the gouge and he take my glee Now every other man I see Remind me of the one man who disappointed me”
“Doesn’t work these days. Ticketmaster is a gouge fest for any event. Bruce knows this. He can’t do anything about it. Middle class cannot afford to see a show when tickets start at $250 just for the seat.”
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