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1. Cut out a groove or hollow using a sharp implement
   - rout
    
2. Force with the thumb
   "gouge out his eyes";
   - force out
    
3. [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

1. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
   - dent, ding, nick
    
2. And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
    
3. The act of gouging

Derived forms: gouged, gouges, gouging

See also: force

Type of: blemish, core out, creating by removal, defect, edge tool, fleece [informal], gazump [Brit, informal], hollow, hollow out, hook [informal], mar, mutilate, overcharge, pluck [informal], rob, skin [informal], soak [informal], surcharge

Encyclopedia: Gouge, Thomas