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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Snap/gouge

Hi

Two guys were fighting:

Tim ducked under the blow and snapped his belt against the side of the man's face, gouging it.

Does "snap" just mean "hit" him? and "gouging" that he scratched his face with his belt?
  

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Newguest Hi Two guys were fighting: Tim ducked under the blow and snapped his belt against the side of the man's face, gouging it. Does "snap" just mean "hit" him? and "gouging" that he scratched his face with his belt?

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  • Newguest Hi Two guys were fighting: Tim ducked under the blow and snapped his belt against the side of the man's face, gouging it.
  • Does "snap" just mean "hit" him?
  • and "gouging" that he scratched his face with his belt?
  • To snap means to use the belt like a whip.
  • A whip makes a "snap" sound when the end is quickly thrown away with a wrist movement.
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NewguestHi

Two guys were fighting:

Tim ducked under the blow and snapped his belt against the side of the man's face, gouging it.

Does "snap" just mean "hit" him? and "gouging" that he scratched his face with his belt?
To snap means to use the belt like a whip. A whip makes a "snap" sound when the end is quickly thrown away w
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