Chisel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
  • v. To shape or cut with a chisel.
  • v. Informal To cheat or swindle.
  • v. Informal To obtain by deception.
  • verb-intransitive. To use a chisel.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To use unethical methods; cheat: "who's up, who's down and who's chiseling on the side” ( James Reston).
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To intrude oneself without welcome: always tries to chisel in on our conversations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.
  • v. To use a chisel.
  • v. To work something with a chisel.
  • v. (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
  • v. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel.
  • v. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Gravel.
  • n. Bran; coarse flour; the coarser part of bran or flour: generally in the plural.
  • n. A tool consisting of a blade, commonly flat, but sometimes concavoconvex, having a beveled or sloping cutting edge at one extremity and a handle at the other, designed to cut under the impulse of a blow from a mallet, or under pressure of the hand or in a lathe.
  • To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel: as, to chisel marble.
  • To make by cutting or engraving with a chisel: as, to chisel a statue from stone.
  • Figuratively, to cut close, as in a bargain; gouge; cheat: as, to chisel one out of his share.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. carve with a chisel
  • v. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
  • v. deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • n. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
  • Verb Form
    chiseled    chiseling    chiselled    chiselling    chisels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chip at    carve   
    Variant
    chiselling    chiselled   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cheat    cut    carve    boast    gouge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Frizell    drizzle    fizzle    grizzle    sizzle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hatchet    screw-driver    saw    ax    hammer    shovel    pliers    mallet    crowbar    scissor