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Meanings of gouge in English

Portuguese
amassado
Catalan
osca
Spanish
corte

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

amassado
Portuguese
extorquir
Catalan
extorsionar

Obtain by coercion or intimidation.

extorquir
Spanish
sacar

Force with the thumb.

Related terms
sacar
Catalan
acanalar

Make a groove in.

acanalar
Usage of gouge in English
1
Used a spoon to gouge out the eyes. Vin's hands stopped moving.
Hollow World
2
The ground was sand, and easy to gouge up with the shingle.
Hell hath no fury
3
Them rods was the most ridicklus sham I ever see-a regular gouge.
Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
4
But that's as clear a cut an eye gouge I have seen.
News.com.au
5
Where the diseased spot appeared, it was cut out with a gouge.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
6
He is gouging everybody and it is no sin to gouge him.
Watch Yourself Go By
7
Was that a gouge on the bark just above his eye level?
Sacrifice
8
A blackened gouge appeared in the steel hull of the lifter overhead.
Mech
9
Moira appeared, her eyes moving from the gouge to the empty room.
Hook
10
His fingers were trying to claw and gouge anything they could touch.
Wild Storm
11
With one finger, she traced the jagged gouge high on his arm.
Burning up
12
Still, they seemed to burn and gouge the insides of my head.
Halo Primordium
13
The gouge can be placed in the brace the same as a bit.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
14
The chisel or gouge is the best tool to employ in this work.
Studies of Trees
15
Slowly raise the handle to force the gouge into the wood.
A Course In Wood Turning
16
Place the gouge on the rest with the handle well down.
A Course In Wood Turning
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