1
[ noun ] an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

But contest definition - that dramatic muscular separation of every muscle group that seems as though it must have been carved by a sculptor 's chisel - is something quite different .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

He was crouched over his anvil in the courtyard getting his chisels into trim , when a splinter of steel flew into his eye and imbedded itself in his pupil .

2
[ verb ] deprive somebody of something by deceit

Examples

"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
[ verb ] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

Synonyms

cheat

Examples

"Who's chiseling on the side?"

4
[ verb ] carve with a chisel

Examples

"chisel the marble"

Related terms

carve

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