gouge Definition på svenska

• 0 to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way: --

  • A symbol was gouged into the surface of the wood.

  • He drove into some railings and gouged a hole in the back of his car.

• 1 to charge someone too much money for something, in a way that is dishonest or unfair: --

  • The bank hit me with a £140 charge and two days later they gouged me another £85.

  • The bill is intended to prevent loan companies gouging people with poor credit histories.

• 2 a hole or hollow that has been dug or cut into something: --

  • The debris is cleared out with a gouge.

  • There are deep gouges in the soil where the car left the track.

• 3 to make a hole in something, or remove something from a hole using a sharp, pointed object: --

  • The bomb had gouged a huge hole in the roadway.

• 4 to charge someone far too much money for something done or something sold: --

  • We didn’t know the value of the foreign money, and the taxi driver gouged us.