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Yes, gouge is playable

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"Gouge" Definition

noun

A chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade.
A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel.
A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.
Informal A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted.
A chisel with a concavo-convex cross section.

verb-transitive

Informal To extort from.
Slang To swindle.
To cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge: "He began to gouge a small pattern in the sand with his cane” ( Vladimir Nabokov).

verb

To scoop out with or as if with a gouge.
To force out (an eye) with the thumb.
To thrust the thumb into the eye of.
To subject to extortion or undue exaction.

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