I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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She concentrated on her potato, gouging out its deep black eye with the serrated tip of her knife.
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He told us it was for gouging out guerrilla eyes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bombs from the B-52s gouged huge craters in the downtown area.
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Hotels are ready to gouge Olympic visitors by raising room prices.
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In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes.
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The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A metal object was used to gouge a deep wound in the animal's forehead.
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Both were known for gouging the public and giving inferior service.
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But some lawmakers who also testified accused the banks of gouging customers.
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For a few moments he stood very still, imagining himself kicking and gouging.
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He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him.
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Juanito screamed, falling, hands gouging for Trent's throat.
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She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth, stinking mud, the bottom.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gouge in environment is likely to attract future gouges.
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Cogelow gouges don't conform to any of the standard shapes or numbering systems.
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He tinkered with infinity and the impossible with a burin and a gouge .
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He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the marked lines.
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To shape the generous indentation, the wood was taken out gradually with a deep oval gouge .