gouges
Because it is a word with a single syllable, gouges is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofgouges
- Senses relating to cutting tools.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
Example: "The nail left a deep gouge in the tire."
- (originally United States) An act of gouging.
- A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
Synonyms: swindle
- An impostor.
- Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- Information.
- To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
Example: "Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood."
- To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
Example: "The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers."
- To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- To use a gouge.
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