chisel

noun

• a long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials.

verb (chisels, chiseling, chiseled ; Britishchisels, chiselling, chiselled)

• 1cut or shape (something) with a chisel:carefully chisel out a groove for the hinge

• 2 informal, chiefly North American cheat or swindle (someone) out of something:he’s chiseled me out of my dues