a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.

an act of gouging.

a groove or hole made by gouging.

an act of extortion; swindle.

Geology .

a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.

fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.

to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge

to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.

to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge

to gouge out an eye.

to make a gouge in

to gouge one's leg.

to extort from, swindle, or overcharge.

to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like

I bought my clothes there before they began gouging.

noun

channel , cut , excavation , furrow , gash , hollow , notch , scoop , score , scratch , trench

verb

burrow , claw , dig , dredge , excavate , gash , groove , scrape , scratch , shovel , tunnel , fleece , overcharge