CHISEL (chiselled, chiselling)
Dictionary entry overview: What does chisel mean?
• CHISEL (noun)
The noun CHISEL has 1 sense:
1. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Familiarity information: CHISEL used as a noun is very rare.
• CHISEL (verb)
The verb CHISEL has 3 senses:
1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
2. deprive somebody of something by deceit
3. carve with a chisel
Familiarity information: CHISEL used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHISEL (noun)
Meaning:
An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chisel" is a kind of...):
edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chisel"):
burin (a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving)
wood chisel (a chisel for working wood; it is either struck with a mallet or pushed by hand)
ripping chisel (a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises)
firmer chisel (a chisel with a thin blade for woodworking)
drove; drove chisel (a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone)
cold chisel; set chisel (narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks)
• CHISEL (verb)
Meaning:
Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
chisel; cheat
Context example:
Who's chiseling on the side?
Hypernyms (to "chisel" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chisel"):
crib (use a crib, as in an exam)
cozen (act with artful deceit)
rig; set up (arrange the outcome of by means of deceit)
shark (play the shark; act with trickery)
job (profit privately from public office and official business)
cook; fake; falsify; fudge; manipulate; misrepresent; wangle (fake or falsify)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Deprive somebody of something by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
cheat; rip off; chisel
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "chisel" is one way to...):
victimise; victimize (make a victim of)
"Chisel" entails doing...:
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chisel"):
beguile; hoodwink; juggle (influence by slyness)
welsh (cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt)
whipsaw (victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations)
beat; bunk (avoid paying)
bilk (cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money)
bunco; con; defraud; diddle; gip; goldbrick; gyp; hornswoggle; mulct; nobble; rook; scam; short-change; swindle; victimize (deprive of by deceit)
fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
cozen (cheat or trick)
gazump (raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Meaning:
Carve with a chisel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
chisel the marble
Hypernyms (to "chisel" is one way to...):
carve; cut up (cut to pieces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
