gouge out
Definition of gouge out
1 : to remove (something) by digging or cutting The impact of the accident gouged a big piece out of the wall. He threatened to gouge my eyes out.
2 : to make (a hole or path) by digging or cutting The river gouged out a wide path between the mountains.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
: the act of gouging
: a groove or cavity scooped out
: to scoop out with or as if with a gouge (see 1gouge 1)
: to force out (an eye) with the thumb
: to thrust the thumb into the eye of
: in a direction away from the inside or center
: outside
: from among others
: eject, oust
: to identify publicly as being such secretly
: to identify as being a closet homosexual
: used as a function word to indicate an outward movement
: situated outside : external
: out-of-bounds
: situated at a distance : outlying
: outside
: one who is out of office or power or on the outside
: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball
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