What are some alternative words for gouge?
Synonyms for gouge
gaʊdʒ
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Princeton's WordNet
dent, ding, gouge, nick(noun)
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Synonyms:
dent, slit, incision, ding, prick, snick, scratch, nick, notchgouge(noun)
and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
gouge(verb)
the act of gouging
gouge, force out(verb)
force with the thumb
"gouge out his eyes"
Synonyms:
crowd out, send away, extort, squeeze out, wring, rouse, can, sack, drive out, give the sack, squirt, force out, dismiss, displace, rout, squeeze, depose, eject, rack, give notice, evict, terminate, rout out, give the axe, fireextort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring(verb)
obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
Synonyms:
pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, extort, stuff, distort, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrictrout, gouge(verb)
make a groove in
Synonyms:
spread-eagle, spreadeagle, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, root, rootle, expel, rout out, rout, force out
Wiktionary
gouge(verb)
gouge(verb)
To make a mark or hole by scooping.
Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.
gouge(verb)
To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
gouge(verb)
To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high price.
They have no competition, so they tend to gouge their customers.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34 | can | |
#422 | press | |
#960 | fire | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1022 | force | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1608 | pressure | |
#1955 | root | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3866 | nick | |
#4680 | rack | |
#5338 | torture | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#8785 | squirt | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#11614 | squash | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#13044 | notch | |
#13411 | wedge | |
#13626 | hale | |
#13712 | dent | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#13972 | hug | |
#15199 | sack | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#19529 | compress | |
#19969 | ding | |
#20204 | mash | |
#21399 | slit | |
#27307 | eject | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28948 | shove | |
#29210 | torment | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32143 | incision | |
#32665 | distort | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#38396 | rout | |
#40027 | displace | |
#41031 | expel | |
#48826 | coerce | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#59155 | scud | |
#59798 | engrave | |
#60356 | gouge | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#64991 | evict | |
#69333 | wring | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#78074 | deform | |
#89649 | depose | |
#91682 | extort | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#108267 | constrict | |
#195194 | contort | |
#237911 | snick |
How to use gouge in a sentence?
If they soothe the worries of the marketplace that helps a lot, they've got to show Syngenta how profitable this will be. At the same time they have to tell the markets they aren't going to gouge them. It's a nice little tightrope they've got themselves on.
To be a writer is to gouge out one’s mind, heart and soul and splatter them across the page for the world to judge.
They've got to show Syngenta how profitable this will be. At the same time they have to tell the markets they aren't going to gouge them. It's a nice little tightrope they've got themselves on.
Translations for gouge
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- Hohlmeißel, ausstechen, abzocken, Rille, Furche, bohrenGerman
- gubia, harina, ranura, surcoSpanish
- koverrin, kaivaa ulos, kovertaa, kiskoaFinnish
- gougeure, gouger, graver, arnaquer, rainure, gouge, éborgnerFrench
- חתךHebrew
- ranhuraPortuguese
- выбить, долбить, [[выбить]] [[глаз]], обдирать, жёлоб, выбивать, [[выбивать]] [[глаз]], выдалбливать, выдолбить, ободрать, выемкаRussian
- iskopati, izbitiSerbo-Croatian
- gravera, rista, karvaSwedish
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