gouges
Scoops out material
Gouges is the plural of gouge, a chisel with a curved blade used for scooping or hollowing wood.
Extended to any deep cut or groove: gouges in the hardwood floor.
To gouge is to dig or scoop out, often violently: The accident gouged a chunk from the guardrail.
Figuratively, to gouge is to overcharge or swindle: Airlines gouge customers during holidays.
Monetary value assigned
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- inflateFill with gas
- markupAdded percentage for profit
rip-off · fleece · extort · profiteer · scalp · surcharge · highway robbery · exploitation
Edged carving implement
- scoopFirst-reported story
- hollowEmpty within
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- channelPassage for transmission
furrow · notch · incise · mortise · flute · rout · score · excavate
Narrow cut or routine
Edged carving implement
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
- latheRotating shaping machine
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
sculpting · carving · cabinetmaking · joinery · spokeshave · adze · mallet · rasp
price
Monetary value assigned
markup · rip-off · fleece · extort · profiteer · scalp · surcharge · highway robbery · exploitation · fees
chisel
Edged carving implement
channel · furrow · notch · incise · mortise · flute · rout · score · excavate · dig
groove
Narrow cut or routine
rut · score · scratch · dent · pit · divot · notch · gash · mark · scrape
chisel
Edged carving implement
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
- latheRotating shaping machine
whittling · sculpting · carving · cabinetmaking · joinery · spokeshave · adze · mallet · rasp · plane
eye
Organ of sight
laceration · puncture · dig · claw · stab · injury · scar · tissue · flesh · attack
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- price gougersSellers exploiting scarcity
- gouge outForcibly dig or cut free
- price gougeOvercharge during emergencies
- eye gougingAttacking someone's vision organs
- rent gougingExcessive housing cost increases