GOUGE


Meaning of GOUGE in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

out

She concentrated on her potato, gouging out its deep black eye with the serrated tip of her knife.

He told us it was for gouging out guerrilla eyes.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Bombs from the B-52s gouged huge craters in the downtown area.

Hotels are ready to gouge Olympic visitors by raising room prices.

In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes.

The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A metal object was used to gouge a deep wound in the animal's forehead.

Both were known for gouging the public and giving inferior service.

But some lawmakers who also testified accused the banks of gouging customers.

For a few moments he stood very still, imagining himself kicking and gouging.

He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him.

Juanito screamed, falling, hands gouging for Trent's throat.

She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth, stinking mud, the bottom.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A gouge in environment is likely to attract future gouges.

Cogelow gouges don't conform to any of the standard shapes or numbering systems.

He tinkered with infinity and the impossible with a burin and a gouge .

He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the marked lines.

To shape the generous indentation, the wood was taken out gradually with a deep oval gouge .

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