chisel
verb /ˈtʃɪzl/
/ˈtʃɪzl/
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- [transitive, intransitive] chisel (something) (+ adv./prep.) to cut or shape wood or stone with a chisel
- A name was chiselled into the stone.
- She was chiselling some marble.
- a temple chiselled out of solid rock
- [transitive] chisel somebody (out of something) (informal, especially North American English) to get money or some advantage from somebody by cheating them
- They chiseled him out of hundreds of dollars.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium), variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. Compare with scissors.
enlarge imageWord Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French, based on Latin cis- (as in late Latin cisorium), variant of caes-, stem of caedere ‘to cut’. Compare with scissors.