Gouge in a sentence as a noun

"This means that folks like the Mono team could look at this Reference Source and not have to gouge their eyes out afterwards.

I started blogging early this year, and so far I've written and published four posts that don't make me want to gouge my eyes out.

They ran out of room to expand and now they're regional monopolies, and can gouge their customers with impunity.

The vortices of water going around a 90 degree bend caused enough cavitation to gouge out visible shapes on the inside of the pipes.

And there's enough social utility that we should help companies gouge parents $8k a pop [1] instead of $400 ipad + $unknown for software?

Gouge in a sentence as a verb

After Hurricane Wilma I was begging for someone to "gouge" me on gas, but due to Florida law there was no gouging and thus no gas for my generator.

The amount of science in "Climate change and ocean rising/falling discussions" makes me want to gouge my eyes out, usually they are about as scientific as pyramid power.

The exclusive copyright of those images is so completely valueless that the only reason the photographer could possibly want them is to gouge the customer for prints.

It's amazing how much academia suffers from large corporations/consulting firms that gouge these smaller schools based solely off the fact that they can because they lack both qualified individuals as well as competitive salary offerings.

Am I the only one who feels that if I'd put in the blood, sweat and tears to build a company to the point where it could be IPO'd I'd be more likely to gouge my eye out with a rusty spoon that open it to the sharks, sociopaths, speculators and manipulators of wall st and the open market?

Gouge definitions

noun

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

See also: dent ding nick

noun

and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

noun

the act of gouging

verb

force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

verb

obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

See also: extort squeeze rack wring

verb

make a groove in

See also: rout