chisel

Meaning

Noun

1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
2. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
3. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
3. (dated, transitive) To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
5. (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.

Synonyms

carve

gouge

cheat

chop

engrave

adze

grave

🪦

chipper

cutting tool

cutter

hew

cut

sculpture

graver

sculpt

slice

swindle

whittle

deceive

hoax

chip

bamboozle

crowbar

cut off

gyp

groove

cozen

chase

bilk

hoodwink

trick

engraving tool

rook

rip off

scissors

✂️

incise

pare

wedge

point-tool

dupe

drill

chiseling tool

bore

hash

#️⃣

hack

create

goldbrick

coulter

gip

gad

Translations

ciseau

scalpello

Meißel

cincel

beitel

cinzel

formón

Stemmeisen

cesello

Beitel

burin

escoplo

meißeln

cincelar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chisel

Inherited from Old English: ċeosol

In summary

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedō (“cut”). Doublet of scissors.