gouging

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aʊdʒɪŋ

Verb

gouging

1. present participle and gerund of gouge

Noun

gouging (countable and uncountable, plural gougings)

1. The act of one who gouges.
2. (countable) A mark produced by gouging.
   • 1943, Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, volumes 41-42, page 230:

     The damage consists in general of more or less deep cuts or gougings on the flesh side of the hide, often penetrating through the hide to the grain side.