gouge
noun
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
had been gouging
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past perfect progressiveof gouge.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Hank's mind was running in a groove that he had been gouging deeper and longer hour after hour and he refused to be sidetracked by any question concerning the horses they had changed.
From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford
