GOUGER

swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter

(noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

gouger

(noun) an attacker who gouges out the antagonist’s eye

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gouger (plural gougers)

Someone who gouges.

Source: Wiktionary


Gou"ger, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Plum Gouger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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