Gouge | Mean of gouge in English Dictionary

/ˈgaʊʤ/

• Verb
• to cut a deep hole in (something)
1. The lamp fell and gouged the table.
• to make (a deep hole) in something
1. A bomb had gouged a large crater in the street.
• to make (someone) pay too much money for something
1. They feel that they are being gouged by the oil companies.
2. The company has been gouging [=overcharging] its customers for years.
3. They have been accused of price gouging. [=making their customers pay too much money]

• to remove (something) by digging or cutting
1. The impact of the accident gouged a big piece out of the wall.
2. He threatened to gouge my eyes out.
• to make (a hole or path) by digging or cutting
1. The river gouged out a wide path between the mountains.
• Noun
• a metal tool with a curved, sharp end that is used to cut and shape wood
• a deep cut or hole
1. The accident left a big gouge in the side of the car.