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1. Force with the thumb
   "gouge out his eyes"
   - force out
    
2. Obtain by coercion or intimidation
   "They gouged money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
   - extort, squeeze, rack, wring
    
3. Make a groove in
   - rout

1. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
   - dent, ding, nick
    
2. And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
    
3. The act of gouging

Derived forms: gouged, gouges, gouging

See also: gouge out, gouger

Type of: blemish, core out, creating by removal, defect, edge tool, fleece, gazump [Brit], hollow, hollow out, hook, mar, mutilate, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge

Encyclopedia: Gouge