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Definition of Chicane

1. Verb. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.

2. Noun. A bridge hand that is void of trumps.

3. Verb. Raise trivial objections.

4. Noun. A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file.

5. Noun. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

Definition of Chicane

1. n. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.

2. v. i. To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

3. n. In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.

Definition of Chicane

1. Noun. (context: road transport) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed. ¹

2. Noun. Chicanery. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To deceive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chicane

1. to trick [v -CANED, -CANING, -CANES] - See also: trick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicane

chibi chibis chibol chibols chibouk chibouks chibouque chibouques chibs chic

chica chicalote chicalotes chicana chicanas chicane (current term) chicaned chicaner chicaneries chicaners

chicanery chicanes chicaning chicano chicanos chicas chiccories chiccory chicer chicest

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