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gouge

English

  1. 🔊 the act of gouging
  2. 🔊 and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
  3. 🔊 an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
  4. 🔊 force with the thumb
    “gouge out his eyes”
  5. 🔊 make a groove in
  6. 🔊 obtain by coercion or intimidation
    “They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss”

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