chis·el (ch z l)n. A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal. v. chis·eled or chis·elled, chis·el·ing or chis·el·ling, chis·els 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.
[Middle English, from Old French cisiel, from Vulgar Latin *c sellus, cutting tool, from diminutive of Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see ka -id- in Indo-European roots.]
chis el·er n. | chisel left: cold metal chisel with a flat head top to bottom: cape, round-nose, and diamond-point metal chisel heads |
chisel Noun a metal tool with a sharp end for shaping wood or stone Verb [-elling, -elled] or US [-eling, -eled] to carve or form with a chisel [Latin caesus cut]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edgeburin - a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) 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?"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 | | 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"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" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, 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 | | 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" |
Translations chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] n ( for wood) → escoplo;
chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] n ( for stone) → Meißel m;
chiseln chisel [ˈtʃizl]a tool with a cutting edge at the end. beitel إزْميل длето dláto; rýč mejsel; stemmejern der Meißel σμίλη cincel peitel اسکنه taltta ciseau מִפסֶלֶת छेनी dlijeto véső pahat meitill; sporjárn cesello のみ 끌 kaltas kalts pahat beitel meisel dłuto formão daltă стамеска dláto dleto dleto mejsel, stäm-, huggjärn สิ่ว keski, çelik kalem 鑿子 долото; стамеска بسولی cái đục 凿子 v – past tense, past participle ˈchiselled , ( American ) ˈchiseled – to cut or carve (wood etc) with a chisel. uitbeitel, beeldhou يَقْطَعُ ، يَنْحَتُ بالأزْميل дялкам dlabat; rýt mejsle; stemme meißeln σμιλεύω cincelar peiteldama, nikerdama با اسکنه تراشیدن یا حک کردن työstää, veistää ciseler לְגָלֵף छेनी से काटना obrađivati dlijetom, klesati vés memahat meitla; spora, skera cesellare のみで彫る 끌로 파다 (iš)kalti (kaltu) kalt memahat beitelen meisle, hogge ut dłutować, żłobić (dłutem) 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
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