[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.", "an act of gouging.", "a groove or hole made by gouging.", "an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle.the amount of money extorted or overcharged:a gouge of $20 for shipping and delivery.", "an act or instance of extorting or overcharging; a swindle.", "the amount of money extorted or overcharged:a gouge of $20 for shipping and delivery.", "Geology.a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.", "a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.", "fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge:to gouge a channel; to gouge holes.", "to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge:to gouge out an eye.", "to make a gouge in:to gouge one's leg.", "to extort from, overcharge, or swindle:drug companies that gouge consumers and the government."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to engage in extortion, overcharging, or swindling:I bought a lot of my clothes there before they began gouging."]}]