chisel

chisel

left: cold metal chisel with a flat head

top to bottom: cape, round-nose, and diamond-point metal chisel heads

chis·el

 (chĭz′əl)

n.

A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.

v. chis·eled, chis·el·ing, chis·els or chis·elled or chis·el·ling

v.tr.

1. To shape or cut with a chisel.

2. Informal

a. To cheat or swindle.

b. To obtain by deception.

v.intr.

1. To use a chisel.

2. Informal

a. To use unethical methods; cheat: "who's up, who's down and who's chiseling on the side" (James Reston).

b. To intrude oneself without welcome: always tries to chisel in on our conversations.

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[Middle English, from Old French cisiel, from Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, cutting tool, from diminutive of Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]

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chis′el·er n.

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chisel

(ˈtʃɪzəl)

n

(Tools)

a. a hand tool for working wood, consisting of a flat steel blade with a cutting edge attached to a handle of wood, plastic, etc. It is either struck with a mallet or used by hand

b. a similar tool without a handle for working stone or metal

vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled

1. (Crafts) to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc) or form (an engraving, statue, etc) with or as with a chisel

2. slang to cheat or obtain by cheating

[C14: via Old French, from Vulgar Latin cīsellus (unattested), from Latin caesus cut, from caedere to cut]

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chis•el

art at chlamys

(ˈtʃɪz əl)

n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n.

1. a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.

v.t.

2. to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.

3. Slang.

a. to cheat or swindle (someone).

b. to get by cheating or trickery.

v.i.

4. to work with a chisel.

5. Slang. to trick; cheat.

[1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel < Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut (-ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives)]

chis′el•er; esp. Brit., chis′el•ler, n.

chis′el•like`, adj.

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chisel

Past participle: chiselled
Gerund: chiselling

Imperative

chisel

chisel

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge burin - a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving cold chisel, set chisel - narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks drove chisel, drove - a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) firmer chisel - a chisel with a thin blade for woodworking ripping chisel - a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises wood chisel - a chisel for working wood; it is either struck with a mallet or pushed by hand
Verb	1.	chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" cheat job - profit privately from public office and official business shark - play the shark; act with trickery rig, set up - arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election" cozen - act with artful deceit crib - use a crib, as in an exam cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
	2.	chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" cheat, rip off gazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man" fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" bilk - cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money bunk, beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" whipsaw - victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations welch, welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt victimise, victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" beguile, hoodwink, juggle - influence by slyness
	3.	chisel - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"

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chisel

verb

Informal. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:

bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.

Informal: flimflam, take, trim.

Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.

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Translations

إِزْمِيلإزْميليَقْطَعُ ، يَنْحَتُ بالأزْميل

dlátorýčrýtdlabat

mejselmejslestemmestemmejern

MeißelmeißelnStemmeisen

σμίλη

cincel

talttahuijatataltata

ciselerciseauburinburinertailler

dlijetlodlijeto

vésõvéső

meitill; sporjárnmeitla; spora, skera

scalpelloceselloimbrogliarescalpellarecesellare

鑿

끌

caelum

iškaltikaltikćltas

kaltkalts

beitel

meisel

dłuto

cinzel

daltă

долотостамесказубило

dlatodláto

dleto

mejsel

สิ่ว

keskikeski ile yontmak/oymakçelik kalem

đục

凿子凿

chisel

[ˈtʃɪzl] (chiselled (Brit) or chiseled (US) (vb: pt, pp))

A. N (for wood) → formón m, escoplo m; (for stone) → cincel m

B. VT

1. (also chisel out) [+ wood] → tallar; [+ stone] → cincelar; (= carve) → tallar, labrar
chiselled features (fig) → facciones fpl marcadas

2. (= swindle) → timar, estafar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chisel

[ˈtʃɪz^əl] n → ciseau m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chisel

n → Meißel m; (for wood) → Beitel m

vt → meißeln; (in wood) → stemmen; her finely chiselled features → ihr fein geschnittenes Gesicht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chisel

[ˈtʃɪzl]

1. n → scalpello; (smaller) → cesello; (for engraving) → bulino

2. vt (chiselled, Am chiseled (pt, pp)) (also chisel out) → scolpire, cesellare, incidere con il bulino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chisel

(ˈtʃizl) noun

a tool with a cutting edge at the end. beitel إزْميل длето formão dláto; rýč der Meißel mejsel; stemmejern σμίληcincel peitel اسکنه taltta ciseau מִפסֶלֶת छेनी dlijeto véső pahat meitill; sporjárn cesello のみ 끌 kaltas kalts pahat beitelmeiseldłuto ترښخ، تېشه formão daltă стамеска dláto dleto dleto mejsel, stäm-, huggjärn สิ่ว keski, çelik kalem 鑿子 долото; стамеска بسولی cái đục 凿子

verb – past tense, past participle ˈchiselled , (American) ˈchiseled –

to cut or carve (wood etc) with a chisel. uitbeitel, beeldhou يَقْطَعُ ، يَنْحَتُ بالأزْميل дялкам talhar dlabat; rýt meißeln mejsle; stemme σμιλεύω cincelar peiteldama, nikerdama با اسکنه تراشیدن یا حک کردن taltata ciseler לְגָלֵף छेनी से काटना obrađivati dlijetom, klesati vés memahat meitla; spora, skera cesellare のみで彫る (나무 등을) 새기다 (iš)kalti (kaltu) kalt memahat beitelenmeisle, hogge ut dłutować, żłobić (dłutem) حکاکیکول talhar a cizela; a dăltui работать стамеской dlabať izsekati (z dletom) dubiti dletom mejsla, hugga ut สกัดด้วยสิ่ว keski ile yontmak/oymak 鑿 різьбити; витісувати چھیل کر کچھ بنانا đục; chạm trổ 凿

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

chisel

→ إِزْمِيل dláto mejsel Meißel σμίλη cincel taltta burin dlijetlo scalpello 鑿 끌 beitel meisel dłuto cinzel долото mejsel สิ่ว keski đục 凿子

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chis·el

n. cincel.

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