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• n  an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
• n  and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
• n  the act of gouging
• v  force with the thumb
  gouge out his eyes
• v  obtain by coercion or intimidation
• v  make a groove in

• Two days after liftoff, a gouge is discovered on the underside of the space shuttle.
• There is no easy way to fix the gouge in the Shuttle Endeavour.
• The gouge was determined to be of a size and in a location that would not create danger to the crew or ship.

• dent
• ding
• nick
• force out
• extort
• squeeze
• rack
• wring
• rout

News & Articles

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• Tiger Woods struggles with game, wrist injury
  Woods finished only 10 holes in the rain-delayed first round at Merion, spending far too much time trying to gouge out of the thick rough with a wedge. On at least four occasions, he was either flexing or shaking his left hand after the forceful shots.
  June 14, 2013 - Detroit News
• A sluggish, painful start for Tiger Woods
  ARDMORE, PA. (AP) - Tiger Woods said his left wrist was fine. It's his game that was hurting him Thursday in the U.S. Open. Woods finished only 10 holes in the rain-delayed first round at Merion, spending far too much time trying to gouge out of the thick rough with a ...
  June 14, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Tiger's first round a painful, sluggish one at US Open
  ARDMORE, Pa. — Tiger Woods said his left wrist was fine. It's his game that was hurting him Thursday in the U.S. Open. Woods finished only 10 holes in the rain-delayed first round at Merion, spending far too much time trying to gouge out of the thick rough with a wedge.
  June 14, 2013 - Tahlequah Daily Press

Quotes

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• Alan Jackson in FOXNews
  It's clearly a white object sitting atop the wooden floor,said Jackson. "He said it was a gouge. Is he lying or is he incompetent? That is not a gouge."
• Asif Ali Zardari in Globe and Mail
  If anyone casts and evil eye on democracy, we will gouge out their eyes,Mr. Zardari told supporters of his party in Bhutto's hometown of Naudero in the southern province of Sindh.
• Jerry Brown in Los Angeles Times (blog)
  The large price tag of this settlement should serve as a warning that we will crack down on any manufacturers around the world that choose to gouge consumers through illegal price-fixing schemes,Brown said.