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Noun: chisel  chi-zul
  1. An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
Verb: chisel (chiselled,chiselling, or [US] chiseled,chiseling)  chi-zul
  1. Carve with a chisel
    "chisel the marble"
     
  2. [informal] Engage in deceitful behaviour; practice trickery or fraud
    "Who's chiseling on the side?";
    - cheat
     
  3. [informal] Deprive somebody of something by deceit
    - cheat, rip off [informal]

Derived forms: chisels, chiselling, chiseling, chiselled

Type of: carve, chip at, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, edge tool, lead on, victimise [Brit], victimize

Encyclopedia: Chisel