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chisel

noun

1 chisel

An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge.

Roget 253: sharpness etc. adj.; acuity, acumination; spinosity.    point, spike, spine, spicule [Biol.], spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, ... show more

Roget 262: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, ... show more

Dutch: beitel, stokbeitel
Polish: dłuto

verb

1 chisel

Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud:
— Who's chiseling on the side?.

synonym: cheat.

Roget 240: form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, ... show more

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, ... show more

Roget 557: sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold; cast [Slang].   

Dutch: foefelen, foezelen, knoeien, sjoemelen

2 chisel

Deprive somebody of something by deceit:
— They chiseled me out of my money.

synonyms: cheat, rip off.

3 chisel

Carve with a chisel.


Moby thesaurus: assemble, autolithograph, bamboozle, be a printmaker, beat, beguile of, bilk, block out, bunco, burn, canal, canalize, carve, cast, chamfer, channel, character, chase, cheat, chouse ... show more.

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