Chicane - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ʃɪˈkeɪn|
Brit.
|ʃɪˈkeɪn|
noun
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (syn: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile)
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (syn: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile)
verb
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit (syn: cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft)
- raise trivial objections (syn: carp, cavil)
- raise trivial objections (syn: carp, cavil)
Extra examples
...a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services...
...most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane...
Word forms
noun
singular: chicane
plural: chicanes
singular: chicane
plural: chicanes
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