Associations to the word «Chisel»

CHISEL, noun. Gravel.

CHISEL, noun. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

CHISEL, noun. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.

CHISEL, verb. (intransitive) To use a chisel.

CHISEL, verb. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

CHISEL, verb. (intransitive) (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

CHISEL, noun. An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge.

CHISEL, verb. Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?".

CHISEL, verb. 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".

CHISEL, verb. Carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble".