gouge

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

Plural gouges