gouge vs snorkel

gouge

verb
  • To use a gouge. 

  • To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge. 

  • To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore. 

  • A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. 

  • An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials. 

  • An impostor. 

  • Information. 

  • An act of gouging. 

  • A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp. 

  • A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. 

  • A cheat, a fraud; an imposition. 

snorkel

verb
  • To use a snorkel. 

noun
  • A snorkel parka. 

  • A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. 

  • A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. 

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