gouge

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Senses relating to cutting tools: A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
2. 2
   Senses relating to cutting tools: A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
3. 3
   Senses relating to cutting tools: An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
4. 4
   A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
5. 5
   An act of gouging.
6. 6
   A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
7. 7
   An impostor.
8. 8
   Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
9. 9
   Information.

Verb

1. 1
   To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
2. 2
   To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
3. 3
   To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
4. 4
   To use a gouge.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.