[V n P] He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
[V P n (not pron)] ...stripping off the soil and gouging out gold or iron ore.
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gouge out — verb make gouges into a surface The woman s spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor • Hypernyms: ↑cut out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * ˌgouge ˈ … Useful english dictionary
gouge out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gouge out : present tense I/you/we/they gouge out he/she/it gouges out present participle gouging out past tense gouged out past participle gouged out to remove something from a surface by cutting or digging… … English dictionary
gouge — [gouj] n. [ME < OFr < VL gubia, for LL gulbia < Celt (as in OIr gulban, goad, thorn) < IE base * gelebh , to scrape, hollow out > Gr glaphein, to carve] 1. a chisel with a curved, hollowed blade, for cutting grooves or holes in… … English World dictionary
gouge — ► VERB 1) make (a rough hole or indentation) in a surface. 2) (gouge out) cut or force out roughly or brutally. ► NOUN 1) a chisel with a concave blade. 2) an indentation or groove made by gouging. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
gouge — gouge1 [gaudʒ] v [T] to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something ▪ He took a knife and gouged a hole in the bottom of the boat. gouge out [gouge sth<=>out] phr v 1.) to form a hole, space etc by digging into a surface and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gouge — gouger, n. /gowj/, n., v., gouged, gouging. n. 1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side. 2. an act of gouging. 3. a groove or hole made by gouging. 4. an act of extortion; swindle. 5.… … Universalium
gouge — gouge1 [ gaudʒ ] verb transitive 1. ) to cut long deep holes in something 2. ) to make someone pay more money than they should: They managed to gouge a small fortune out of my father. Merchants were warned against price gouging. ,gouge out… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gouge — I UK [ɡaʊdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms gouge : present tense I/you/we/they gouge he/she/it gouges present participle gouging past tense gouged past participle gouged 1) to cut long deep holes in something 2) mainly American to make… … English dictionary
gouge — /gaʊdʒ / (say gowj) noun 1. a chisel whose blade has a concavo convex cross section, the bevel being ground on either the inside or the outside of the cutting end of the tool. 2. a groove or hole made by gouging. –verb (gouged, gouging) –verb (t) …
gouge — [[t]ga͟ʊʤ[/t]] gouges, gouging, gouged 1) VERB If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. [V n prep] He gouged her cheek with a screwdriver. [V n prep] ...quarries which have gouged great holes in… … English dictionary
