Found 2 items, similar to Gouging.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gouge
gouge
v 1: force with the thumb;
“gouge out his eyes” [syn:
force out]
2: obtain by coercion or intimidation;
“They extorted money
from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
the company boss”;
“They squeezed money from the owner of
the business by threatening him” [syn:
extort,
squeeze,
rack,
wring]
3: make a groove in [syn:
rout]
gouge
n 1: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn:
dent,
nick]
2: and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting
channels or grooves
3: the act of gouging
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gouging
Bouge
\Bouge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gouged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gouging.]
1. To scoop out with a gouge.
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2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out
the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]
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Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly
practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some
parts of the United States.
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3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
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