gouges

/ɡaʊdʒəz/

noun

1
Senses relating to cutting tools.
2
A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.”
3
(originally United States) An act of gouging.
4
A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
5
An impostor.
6
Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
7
Information.

1
To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
“Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.”
2
To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
“The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.”
3
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.
4
To use a gouge.

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