gouger

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English

Etymology

gouge +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

gouger (plural gougers)

  1. Someone who gouges.
  2. (Ireland, slang) A thug or lout.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From gouge.

Pronunciation

Verb

gouger

  1. (transitive) to work (a material) with a gouge
  2. (transitive) to do (a soldered joint) again to eliminate roughness by deepening it

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gouge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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