gouge

gouge
—gouger, n.
/gowj/, n., v., gouged, gouging.
n.
1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
2. an act of gouging.
3. a groove or hole made by gouging.
4. an act of extortion; swindle.
5. Geol.
a. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.
b. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.
v.t.
6. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge: to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.
7. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge: to gouge out an eye.
8. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg.
9. to extort from, swindle, or overcharge.
v.i.
10. to engage in swindling, overcharging, or the like: I bought my clothes there before they began gouging.
[1300-50; ME < F < LL gu(l)bia; cf. OPr goja, Sp gubia; perh. < Celt; cf. OIr gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer]

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