1. Cut out a groove or hollow using a sharp implement
   "He gouged out a hole in the wood";
   - rout
    
2. [informal] Obtain by coercion or intimidation
   "They gouged money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";
   - extort, squeeze, rack [archaic], wring
    
3. Roughly remove or scoop out by force
   "gouge out his eyes"
    
4. [informal] Charge an excessive or unfair price
   "The taxi driver gouged the tourists";
   - overcharge, soak [informal], surcharge, fleece [informal], pluck [informal], rob, skin [informal], rip off [informal]

1. An edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
   "The woodcarver used a gouge to create intricate patterns in the wooden panel"
    
2. The act of gouging
   "The sculptor's gouge of the wood created deep, expressive lines"
    
3. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
   "The table had a deep gouge in its surface";
   - dent, ding, nick

Derived forms: gouged, gouges, gouging

See also: force

Type of: blemish, cheat, chisel [informal], core out, creating by removal, defect, edge tool, hollow, hollow out, mar, mutilate, rip off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Gouge, Paul