noun

1. a chisel with a curved, hollowed blade, for cutting grooves or holes in wood
2. 1. an act of gouging
   2. the groove or hole made by gouging
3. any deep groove or hole that is considered a blemish
4. Informal an act of overcharging or cheating of money; extortion or swindle

Etymology: ME < OFr < VL gubia, for LL gulbia < Celt (as in OIr gulban, goad, thorn) < IE base *gelebh-, to scrape, hollow out > Gr glaphein, to carve

transitive verb gouged, gouging goug′·ing

1. to make a groove, hole, etc. in (something) with or as with a gouge
2. to scoop out; dig or force out to gouge out dirt
3. ☆ in fighting, to push one's thumb into the eye of
4. ☆ Informal to cheat out of money, etc.; also, to overcharge