gouge
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gouge | |
| he / she / it gouges | |
| past simple gouged | |
| past participle gouged | |
| -ing form gouging |
- gouge something (in something)
to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object in a rough or violent way 凿 - gouge somebody/something (North American English)
to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to raise prices unfairly 敲（某人）的竹杠；诈骗钱财；漫天要价
Word Originlate 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’.