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Nouns (4)

gouge

n. the act of gouging

gouge

n. and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

nick, dent

n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Verbs (7)

force out, force with the thumb

v. force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

groove, rout

v. make a groove in

rack, wring, extort

v. 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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (21)

scar, cicatrix, cicatrice

n. a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

mark, pit, pock, scar

v. mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

snick, nick

v. cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"

notch, cut a notch, make a notch

v. cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope"

chip, nick

v. cut a nick into

undercut

v. cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

dig, hollow, excavate

v. remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

nick, divide the tail muscles, reset the tail muscles

v. divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"

Synonyms (4)

force, do forcibly, exert force on

v. do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"

gouge out

v. make gouges into a surface; "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor"

Antonyms (0)

gouge

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