I. gore 1 /ɡɔː $ ɡɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from gore , gare 'spear' (11-14 centuries) , from Old English gar ]
if an animal gores someone, it wounds them with its horns or ↑ tusk s :
He was attacked and gored by a bull.
II. gore 2 BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: gor 'dirt' ]
[uncountable] literary thick dark blood that has flowed from a wound ⇨ gory :
He likes movies with plenty of blood and gore (=violence) .