[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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

Origin:
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’