What is another word for gouge?
1033 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡˈa͡ʊd͡ʒ], [ ɡˈaʊdʒ], [ ɡ_ˈaʊ_dʒ]
When talking about the word "gouge", we refer to a deep and narrow cut or groove, often made with a sharp tool. There are many other words and phrases that can be used as synonyms for this term. For instance, some other terms that can be used as synonyms for the word "gouge" include cut, slash, groove, nick, scratch, scrape, dig, scoop, incise, and furrow. Some of these words are more similar to gouge than others, but they can all be used to describe a similar action or injury. It is important to consider the context of a sentence before selecting a synonym for any given word.
Synonyms for Gouge:
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n.
• act • channel • groove • highway robbery • perforator- Perforator ,
- arrow ,
- bit ,
- blade ,
- bore ,
- die ,
- lance ,
- needle ,
- penetrator ,
- point ,
- poker ,
- puncture ,
- skewer ,
- spear ,
- spike ,
- spur ,
- stick ,
- thorn ,
- tip .
- Bow-saw ,
- Drill press ,
- arc welder ,
- auger ,
- awl ,
- axe ,
- back saw ,
- ball-peen hammer ,
- band saw ,
- bench drill ,
- buzz saw ,
- calipers ,
- chain saw ,
- circular saw ,
- claw hammer ,
- cold chisel ,
- coping saw ,
- crosscut saw ,
- crowbar ,
- drill ,
- edger ,
- emery wheel ,
- file ,
- grapnel ,
- grindstone ,
- hacksaw ,
- hammer ,
- handsaw ,
- hatchet ,
- hedge trimmer ,
- jackknife ,
- jigsaw ,
- jointer ,
- keyhole saw ,
- knife ,
- lathe ,
- level ,
- lug wrench ,
- machete ,
- mallet ,
- miter box ,
- monkey wrench ,
- pick ,
- pickax ,
- pipe wrench ,
- plane ,
- planer ,
- pliers ,
- posthole auger ,
- punch ,
- radial arm saw ,
- ripsaw ,
- saw ,
- scissors ,
- screwdriver ,
- scroll saw ,
- scythe ,
- shears ,
- sickle ,
- sledgehammer ,
- snips ,
- spade ,
- spanner ,
- spoke shave ,
- square ,
- stapler ,
- table saw ,
- tin snips ,
- tire iron ,
- trowel ,
- vise ,
- wedge ,
- welder ,
- wrecking bar ,
- wrench .
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v.
• cheat- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- buncoed ,
- buncoing ,
- buncos ,
- caboodled ,
- caboodles ,
- caboodling ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- double deals ,
- double dealt ,
- double-deals ,
- double-dealt ,
- doubledeal ,
- doubledealing ,
- doubledeals ,
- doubledealt ,
- fast talked ,
- fast talking ,
- fast talks ,
- gave bum steer ,
- gives bum steer ,
- giving bum steer ,
- jerking around ,
- jerks around ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- pull one leg ,
- pull ones leg ,
- pulled leg ,
- pulled one leg ,
- pulled one's leg ,
- pulled ones leg ,
- pulling leg ,
- pulling one leg ,
- pulling ones leg ,
- pulls leg ,
- pulls one leg ,
- pulls one's leg ,
- pulls ones leg ,
- ripping off ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in ,
- stiffing ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- taking for a ride ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride ,
- two time ,
- twotime .
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- beating out of ,
- beats out of ,
- buffaloing ,
- crossed up ,
- crosses up ,
- crossing up ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- impose up on ,
- imposed up on ,
- imposes up on ,
- imposing up on ,
- imposing upon ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- played joke on ,
- playing joke on ,
- plays joke on ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in ,
- take cleaners ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes for ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking for ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- took advantage of ,
- took cleaners ,
- took for ,
- took to cleaners .
- in dent ,
- in dented ,
- in denting ,
- in dents ,
- in-dent ,
- in-dented ,
- in-denting ,
- in-dents ,
- made concave ,
- makes concave ,
- making concave ,
- pressed in ,
- presses in ,
- pressing in ,
- pushed in ,
- pushes in ,
- pushing in .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- digged down ,
- digging down ,
- digs down ,
- dis cover ,
- dis covered ,
- dis covering ,
- dis covers ,
- dis-cover ,
- dis-covered ,
- dis-covering ,
- dis-covers ,
- dug down ,
- ex hume ,
- ex-hume ,
- forking out ,
- forks out ,
- go in to ,
- pro bed ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-bed ,
- pro-duces ,
- rooted out ,
- roots out ,
- scooped out ,
- scooping out ,
- scoops out ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un earth ,
- un earthed ,
- un earthing ,
- un earths ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers ,
- un-earth ,
- un-earthed ,
- un-earthing ,
- un-earths ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- ex act ,
- ex acted ,
- ex acting ,
- ex acts ,
- ex tract ,
- ex-act ,
- ex-acted ,
- ex-acting ,
- ex-acts ,
- ex-tract ,
- ex-tracts ,
- insist up on ,
- insisted up on ,
- insisted upon ,
- insisting up on ,
- insisting upon ,
- insists up on ,
- insists upon ,
- leaned on ,
- leans on ,
- leant on ,
- re quire ,
- re quired ,
- re quires ,
- re quiring ,
- re-quire ,
- re-quired ,
- re-quires ,
- re-quiring ,
- shakes down ,
- shaking down ,
- shook down .
- ex tort ,
- ex torts ,
- ex-tort ,
- ex-torts ,
- made pay through nose ,
- makes pay through nose ,
- making pay through nose ,
- put arm on ,
- puts arm on ,
- puts screws to ,
- puts the arm on ,
- putting arm on ,
- putting screws to ,
- putting the arm on .
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging ,
- ran a game on ,
- ran game on ,
- run game on ,
- running a game on ,
- running game on ,
- runs a game on ,
- runs game on ,
- sell a bill goods ,
- sell bill goods ,
- sell bill of goods ,
- selling a bill goods ,
- selling a bill of goods ,
- selling bill goods ,
- selling bill of goods ,
- sells a bill goods ,
- sells a bill of goods ,
- sells bill goods ,
- sells bill of goods ,
- sold a bill goods ,
- sold a bill of goods ,
- sold bill goods ,
- sold bill of goods ,
- take the cleaners ,
- takes the cleaners ,
- takes to the cleaners ,
- taking the cleaners ,
- taking to the cleaners ,
- took the cleaners ,
- took to the cleaners .
- clears away ,
- digged out ,
- digging out ,
- digs out ,
- dug out ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- sweeping away ,
- sweeping up ,
- sweeps away ,
- sweeps up ,
- swept up .
Other synonyms:
- blow ,
- scalp ,
- scour ,
- shortchange ,
- underpay .
- knock .
- pit .
- furrow .
- rip .
- soak .
Other relevant words:
- Catting ,
- Concaved ,
- Concaving ,
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Crosshatching ,
- Double dealing ,
- Gouging ,
- HOSED ,
- Hoed ,
- Hoeing ,
- Levied ,
- Postulating ,
- Quarried ,
- Reamed ,
- Reaming ,
- Scored ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Spaded ,
- Spading ,
- Speared ,
- Spearing ,
- Suckered ,
- Suckering ,
- Trenched ,
- Trenching ,
- bunco ,
- caboodle ,
- catted ,
- cheat ,
- concaves ,
- cross hatch ,
- cross-hatching ,
- crosshatch ,
- crosshatched ,
- deceive ,
- dent ,
- dig ,
- dig down ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- double cross ,
- double deal ,
- double-deal ,
- doublecross ,
- exact ,
- excavate ,
- extort ,
- extorts ,
- fast talk ,
- fleece ,
- fork out ,
- forked out ,
- give bum steer ,
- gore ,
- grooved ,
- grooving ,
- grub ,
- hoe ,
- hoes ,
- hoodwinked ,
- hosing ,
- iced ,
- insist upon ,
- jerk around ,
- jerked around ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- make pay through nose ,
- milled ,
- overcharge ,
- pull a fast one ,
- pull leg ,
- pull one's leg ,
- pulling one's leg ,
- put one over on ,
- put over on ,
- put screws to ,
- put the arm on ,
- quarrying ,
- root out ,
- rooting out ,
- rope in ,
- roped in ,
- run a game on ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- scoop ,
- scoop out ,
- score ,
- search ,
- searches ,
- sell a bill of goods ,
- serrates ,
- serrating ,
- shake down ,
- shorted ,
- shorting ,
- shorts ,
- shovel ,
- skin ,
- stiffed ,
- stiffs ,
- swindle ,
- take for a ride ,
- take out ,
- take to the cleaners ,
- takes out ,
- taking for ride ,
- taking out ,
- took out ,
- turn over ,
- undercut ,
- wrenching ,
- wring .
- Buffaloes ,
- Entrapped ,
- Humbugged ,
- Humbugging ,
- beat out of ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- cross up ,
- ensnared ,
- impose upon ,
- imposed upon ,
- imposes upon ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- out wit ,
- outwitting ,
- play joke on ,
- pull fast one ,
- suck in ,
- sucked in ,
- take for ,
- take for ride ,
- take to cleaners .
- Dimpling ,
- Dinted ,
- Dinting ,
- Furrowing ,
- Ridging ,
- dimpled ,
- furrowed ,
- imprint ,
- make concave ,
- press in ,
- push in ,
- ridge ,
- ridged .
- Architecture glyph ,
- Empierce ,
- Excecate ,
- Exsect ,
- Flam ,
- Hocus ,
- Indention ,
- Piercer ,
- Pock-mark ,
- Puncheon ,
- Rimer ,
- Sulcation ,
- Transpierce ,
- Trapan ,
- Trocar ,
- abrade ,
- abrasion ,
- alveolation ,
- alveolus ,
- applicator ,
- arouse ,
- avulse ,
- awaken ,
- bamboozle ,
- bandage ,
- banish ,
- beat ,
- bedazzle ,
- beguile ,
- beguile of ,
- beguilement ,
- bellows ,
- benight ,
- betray ,
- bezel ,
- bilk ,
- bite ,
- blackmail ,
- bleed white ,
- blemish ,
- blight ,
- blind ,
- blind the eyes ,
- blindfold ,
- blister ,
- blowlamp ,
- blowtorch ,
- bodkin ,
- borer ,
- bosom ,
- bradawl ,
- break ,
- breakage ,
- broach ,
- bruise ,
- bucket ,
- burn ,
- burnout ,
- burrow ,
- can ,
- canal ,
- canalize ,
- carve ,
- chamfer ,
- chase ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chouse ,
- claw ,
- cleft ,
- coerce ,
- cog ,
- cog the dice ,
- compact ,
- compress ,
- con ,
- concave ,
- constrict ,
- contort ,
- contract ,
- corkscrew ,
- corrugate ,
- corrugation ,
- countersink ,
- cozen ,
- crack ,
- cranny ,
- creating by removal ,
- crevice ,
- crib ,
- crimp ,
- crush ,
- cut apart ,
- cutthroat ,
- dado ,
- damage ,
- darken ,
- daze ,
- dazzle ,
- deface ,
- defect ,
- deform ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- delve ,
- depose ,
- depress ,
- deracinate ,
- dibble ,
- diddle ,
- dig out ,
- dig up ,
- dike ,
- dim ,
- dimple ,
- ding ,
- dint ,
- disembowel ,
- disentangle ,
- dismiss ,
- displace ,
- distort ,
- ditch ,
- do in ,
- do out of ,
- draw ,
- draw out ,
- dredge ,
- dredge up ,
- drive ,
- drive out ,
- eclipse ,
- edge tool ,
- eject ,
- embrace ,
- engrave ,
- engraving ,
- eradicate ,
- euchre ,
- evict ,
- evolve ,
- evulse ,
- exacting ,
- excavation ,
- excessive ,
- excise ,
- excite ,
- excruciate ,
- exorbitant ,
- expel ,
- exploit ,
- extortionate ,
- extract ,
- extravagant ,
- extricate ,
- fancy ,
- finagle ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- fix ,
- flaw ,
- flimflam ,
- flute ,
- fluting ,
- fob ,
- force ,
- force out ,
- fraud ,
- fudge ,
- gammon ,
- gash ,
- gazump ,
- get out ,
- gimlet ,
- give notice ,
- give the axe ,
- glare ,
- goffer ,
- gouge out ,
- graduate ,
- grave ,
- graze ,
- groove ,
- grub up ,
- gull ,
- gully ,
- gyp ,
- hale ,
- have ,
- highway robbery ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- hold up ,
- hole ,
- hollow ,
- hollow out ,
- honest ,
- honeycomb ,
- hoodwink ,
- horn ,
- hug ,
- immoderate ,
- impale ,
- imposition ,
- impostor ,
- imposture ,
- impress ,
- impression ,
- incise ,
- incision ,
- indentation ,
- indenture ,
- inflationary ,
- injure ,
- injury ,
- inordinate ,
- intake ,
- juggler ,
- jugglery ,
- kindle ,
- laceration ,
- lancet ,
- line ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- make someone pay through the nose ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- mash ,
- microgroove ,
- milk ,
- mine ,
- mulct ,
- mutilate ,
- nick ,
- notch ,
- obscure ,
- out of sight ,
- outrageous ,
- overprice ,
- overpriced ,
- overtax ,
- pack the deal ,
- pick out ,
- pigeon ,
- pinch ,
- pink ,
- pleat ,
- plow ,
- pluck ,
- pluck up ,
- pock ,
- pockmark ,
- preposterous ,
- press ,
- pressure ,
- prick ,
- prickle ,
- probe ,
- profiteer ,
- prohibitive ,
- provoke ,
- pug ,
- pull ,
- pull out ,
- punch pliers ,
- puncher ,
- quarry ,
- rabbet ,
- rack ,
- rake out ,
- ramp ,
- ream ,
- ream out ,
- remove ,
- rent ,
- rifle ,
- rifling ,
- rip off ,
- rip out ,
- rook ,
- root ,
- root up ,
- rootle ,
- rouse ,
- rout ,
- rout out ,
- ruck ,
- run through ,
- rut ,
- sack ,
- sap ,
- scam ,
- scar ,
- scrabble ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- screw ,
- scud ,
- scuff ,
- send away ,
- shake ,
- sharp ,
- shave ,
- shove ,
- single-foot ,
- sink ,
- skyrocketing ,
- slash ,
- slice ,
- slit ,
- slot ,
- snick ,
- snow-blind ,
- spiraling ,
- spread eagle ,
- spreadeagle ,
- squash ,
- squeeze ,
- squeeze out ,
- squelch ,
- squirt ,
- stab ,
- stack the cards ,
- stave in ,
- steal ,
- stiletto ,
- sting ,
- streak ,
- stria ,
- striate ,
- striation ,
- stuff ,
- stylet ,
- sulcus ,
- surcharge ,
- swindler ,
- take a dive ,
- take advantage of ,
- take someone for a ride ,
- take someone to the cleaners ,
- tap ,
- tear ,
- tear out ,
- terminate ,
- terrier ,
- thimblerig ,
- thrust ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- transfix ,
- trench ,
- trepan ,
- trephine ,
- trough ,
- tunnel ,
- tweet ,
- twinge ,
- twitch ,
- unconscionable ,
- undermine ,
- undue ,
- unearth ,
- unravel ,
- unreasonable ,
- unwarranted ,
- uproot ,
- usurious ,
- victimize ,
- warder ,
- weapon ,
- weed out ,
- wimble ,
- withdraw ,
- wrest ,
- wring from ,
- wrinkle .
- Bailed ,
- Bailing ,
- Ladled ,
- Ladling ,
- clear away ,
- cleared away ,
- clearing away ,
- ladle ,
- sweep away ,
- sweep up ,
- swept away .
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How to use "Gouge" in context?
Gouge is a verb meaning to scrape or cut out a portion of something with a sharp object, such as a knife. Gouges can be intentional or accidental, and can be dramatic or small. Gouges can be made in various materials, including flesh, wood, leather, and plastic. Gouges can be decoratively or usefully etched and can beused for a variety of purposes, including bloodletting and witchcraft. Gouges have a long and varied cultural history, and they are frequently used in art and literature.
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