gouge

6 definitions • 8 examples

to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way:

gouge a hole He drove into some railings and gouged a hole in the back of his car.

A symbol was gouged into the surface of the wood.

to charge someone too much money for something, in a way that is dishonest or unfair:

The bill is intended to prevent loan companies gouging people with poor credit histories.

The bank hit me with a £140 charge and two days later they gouged me another £85.

a hole or hollow that has been dug or cut into something:

There are deep gouges in the soil where the car left the track.

a tool with a handle, a long, curved blade and a sharp end, used for cutting wood and stone and in surgery (= medical cutting):

The debris is cleared out with a gouge.

to make a hole in something, or remove something from a hole using a sharp, pointed object:

The bomb had gouged a huge hole in the roadway.

to charge someone far too much money for something done or something sold:

We didn’t know the value of the foreign money, and the taxi driver gouged us.