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Chisel

Chisel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chisel? [n] an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge [v] carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" [v] 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" [v] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chisel: beat \| cheat \| rip off Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chisel: assemble \| autolithograph \| bamboozle \| be a printmaker \| beat \| beguile of \| bilk \| block out \| bunco \| burn \| canal \| canalize \| carve \| cast \| chamfer \| channel \| character \| chase \| cheat \| chouse \| chouse out of \| cog \| cog the dice \| con \| convert \| corrugate \| cozen \| crack \| crease \| create \| crib \| cribble \| crimp \| crosshatch \| cultivate \| cut \| dado \| defraud \| diddle \| dike \| ditch \| do \| do in \| do out of \| dupe \| efform \| enchase \| engrave \| euchre \| extract \| fashion \| figure \| finagle \| fix \| flam \| fleece \| flimflam \| flute \| fob \| fool \| forge \| form \| formalize \| found \| frame \| fudge \| furrow \| gash \| grave \| groove \| grow \| gull \| gully \| gyp \| harvest \| hatch \| have \| hew \| hocus \| hocus-pocus \| incise \| inscribe \| insculpture \| knead \| knock out \| lay out \| lick into shape \| line \| lithograph \| machine \| make prints \| mallet \| mark \| mill \| mine \| mint \| model \| modeling clay \| mold \| mulct \| overreach \| pack the deal \| pare \| pigeon \| pleat \| plow \| point \| practice fraud upon \| print \| process \| pump \| rabbet \| raise \| rear \| refine \| rifle \| rook \| rough out \| roughcast \| roughhew \| rut \| scam \| score \| scrape \| scratch \| screw \| sculp \| sculpt \| sculpture \| sell gold bricks \| set \| shape \| shave \| shortchange \| slit \| smelt \| solder \| soldering iron \| spatula \| stack the cards \| stamp \| stick \| sting \| stipple \| streak \| striate \| swindle \| tailor \| take a dive \| thermoform \| thimblerig \| throw a fight \| tool \| trench \| trick \| trough \| victimize \| weld \| work \| wrinkle See Also \| beguile \| bilk \| bunco \| burin \| carve \| cold chisel \| con \| cook \| cozen \| crib \| cut up \| deceive \| defraud \| delude \| diddle \| drove \| drove chisel \| edge tool \| fake \| falsify \| firmer chisel \| fleece \| fudge \| gazump \| goldbrick \| gyp \| hoodwink \| hook \| job \| juggle \| lead on \| manipulate \| misrepresent \| mulct \| nobble \| overcharge \| pluck \| plume \| rig \| ripping chisel \| rob \| rook \| scam \| set chisel \| set up \| shark \| soak \| surcharge \| swindle \| victimise \| victimize \| wangle \| welsh \| whipsaw \| wood chisel Chisel In Webster's Dictionary \Chis"el\, n. [OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus, prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut. Cf. {Scissors}.] 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. {Cold chisel}. See under {Cold}, a. \Chis"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chiseled}, or {Chiselled} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiseling}, or {Chiselling}.] [Cf. F. ciseler.] 1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. 2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]

Chisel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chisel?

[n] an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
[v] carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
[v] 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"
[v] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chisel: beat | cheat | rip off

Chisel In Webster's Dictionary

\Chis"el\, n. [OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus,
prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut.
Cf. {Scissors}.]
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.

{Cold chisel}. See under {Cold}, a.


\Chis"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chiseled}, or {Chiselled}
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiseling}, or {Chiselling}.] [Cf. F.
ciseler.]
1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to
   chisel a block of marble into a statue.

2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]

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