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chiselling
Overview of verb chisel
The verb chisel has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cheat, chisel -- (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?")
2. cheat, rip off, chisel -- (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")
3. chisel -- (carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble")
Antonyms of verb chisel
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chisel
3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
chisel
=> carve, cut up
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chisel
2 of 3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
=> job
=> shark
=> rig, set up
=> cozen
=> crib
=> fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
=> gazump
=> cozen
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> bilk
=> beat, bunk
=> whipsaw
=> welsh
=> juggle, beguile, hoodwink
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chisel
3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
Sense 3
chisel
=> carve, cut up
'Cause To' of verb chisel
Derived Forms of verb chisel
3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
RELATED TO>(noun) chiseler#1
=> swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
RELATED TO>(noun) chiseller#1
=> swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
RELATED TO>(noun) chiseler#1
=> swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
RELATED TO>(noun) chiseller#1
=> swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
Sense 3
chisel
RELATED TO>(noun) chisel#1
=> chisel
Domain of verb chisel
Domain Terms of verb chisel
Familiarity of verb chisel
chisel used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb chisel
3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sense 3
chisel
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chisel
3 senses of chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> betray, sell
=> cheat, chisel
=> shill
=> flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
=> fool, gull, befool
=> cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
=> ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> humbug
Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
> victimize, victimise
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 3
chisel
> carve, cut up
=> shave
=> fillet, filet
=> chisel
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chisel
Sense 1
cheat, chisel
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
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Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
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Sense 3
chisel
=> carve, cut up
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Grep of verb chisel
chisel
chisel in
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