gouging

verb

  1. 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. 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. 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. 4

    To use a gouge.

noun

  1. 1

    A mark produced by gouging.

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