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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chis•el /ˈtʃɪzəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. [countable] - Buildinga metal tool like a wedge with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
v. - to shape or fashion by or as if by a chisel:[~ + object]He chiseled a hole in the wood.
- [Slang.][~ + object + out of + object]
- Slang Termsto cheat or swindle (someone):He chiseled her out of her money.
- Slang Termsto get (money) by cheating or trickery:He chiseled the money out of her.
chis•el•er;
[esp. Brit.,]chis•el•ler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chis•el (chiz′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - Buildinga wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- AgricultureSee chisel plow.
- Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Caelum.
v.t. - to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
- to cheat or swindle (someone):He chiseled me out of fifty dollars.
- to get (something) by cheating or trickery:He chiseled fifty dollars out of me.
v.i. - to work with a chisel.
- to trick;
cheat.
- Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; compare excide
- Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel
- Middle English 1325–75
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