chisel

1. 1.

   an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

   Broaderedge tool

   Narrowerburincold chiseldrovefirmer chiselripping chiselwood chisel

Other forms of chisel

plural

chisels·

past tense or participle

chiselled

present participle

chiselling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chisel

What does chisel mean?

chisel means "engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chisel?

chisel has 2 syllables: chis-el. The stress falls on "chis". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪzəl/.

What is another word for chisel?

Close synonyms include cheat, cheat, rip off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chisel a common word?

chisel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.