gouge
noun
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
have been gouging
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present perfect progressiveof gouge.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For more than 10 days, Iraqi engineers have been gouging deep trenches to slow the approach of soldiers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile, spot shortages have cropped up all over the U.S., and many landlords have been gouging civilians and soldiers, Last week Rent Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods let fly at what he thought was wrong.
From Time Magazine Archive
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