chisel
chisel is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
- transitive verb. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.
- transitive verb. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.
- noun. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- verb. carve with a chisel
"chisel the marble"
- verb. deprive somebody of something by deceit
"The con-man beat me out of $50"
"This salesman ripped us off!"
- verb. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
"Who's chiseling on the side?"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in chisel:
chesil, chiels, chiles, liches
Common word forms
chisels, chiseled, chiseler, chiselly, chiseling, chiselled, chiseller, chiselling
Words from these letters
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