chisels

verb

present tense third-person singular of chisel
as in plucks
to rob by the use of trickery or threats ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chisels
  1. plucks
  2. squeezes
  3. cheats
  4. stings
  5. sticks
  6. screws
  7. hustles
  8. beats
Verb
  • His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Definition of plucks
Verb
  • Intended to foster moderation, the top two system has instead functioned as a primary system that repeatedly squeezes Republicans.
    — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Apple’s iPhone and Mac sales are on the rise even as a global memory shortage squeezes device makers.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 30 July 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of cheats
Verb
  • February 19 – March 20 Your words may show where being misunderstood still stings.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • For van Ess, the decision particularly stings because Google Earth has long been regarded as one of the best tools to verify information posted on social media.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 31 July 2026
Definition of stings
Verb
  • The standout episode—the conversion history of Kendra, a Black striver married to the Schwoopers’ daughter, Shira—sticks its landing, enabling the viewer to see faith as a refuge, not a cage.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Otherwise, Kail sticks closely to the template established for him, recreating every scene and sequence from the first movie with ruthless fidelity and adding essentially no departures of any significance.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
Definition of sticks
Verb
  • The pen cap then screws onto the lower tube to create an extended striker that's easy to grip and move.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 June 2026
  • Presented with an opportunity to finally confess his feelings to Nikki, our man screws the metaphorical pooch.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
Definition of screws
Verb
  • Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Despite concerns that chip stocks could be topping out as the industry hustles to boost supply, Wall Street thinks Micron still has plenty of room to run.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 June 2026
Definition of hustles
Verb
  • The compilation beats Sonic Boom, which brought Kiss to the ranking for the first time in October 2009.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Ballistic stretching beats static stretching for court sports, according to Jim Hsu, MD, a Yale Medicine orthopedic surgeon quoted by Yale New Haven Health.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of beats
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