gouging

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʊdʒɪŋ

Verb

gouging

  1. present participle and gerund of gouge

Noun

gouging (plural gougings)

  1. 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.