gouge
gouge.01 - put deep grooves or scratches into a surface
GOUGE-V NOTES: Based on Brown. Member of VNcls carve-21.2-1. (from gouge.01-v)Aliases:
gouge (v.)
gouging (n.)
gouging (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer of gouges
ARG1-PPT: surface
ARG1-PPT: surface
adessive
What had he thought of , to go to John , grovel and beg understanding ? To confess with a canvas chair as a prie - dieu , [*-2]
ARG0: [*-2]
gougingrel
at his heartARG1
until a rough and stupid hand bade him rise and goARGM-TMP
?ARG0: [*-2]
more commonly transitive
Quickly but carefully lowering my duffel bag over the low side - rack , I stepped on the running board ;
itARG0
flopped down , sprang back up and gougedrel
my shinARG1
.gouge.02 - extort money, swindle
GOUGE-V NOTES: Based on Brown. No VNcls. (from gouge.02-v)Aliases:
gouge (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: petty crook
ARG1-PPT: money
ARG2-DIR: source
ARG1-PPT: money
ARG2-DIR: source
the one example
There I was ,
a retired wobbly and structural iron workerARG0
whoR-ARG0
'd never gougedrel
a centARG1
off a fellow workerARG2
in my thirty years in the movementARGM-TMP
.