About The Word Chicane
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Chicane
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What's The Definition Of Chicane?
[n] a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
[v] raise trivial objections [v] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit Synonyms | Synonyms for Chicane: carp | cavil | cheat | chouse | jockey | screw | shaft Related Terms | Find terms related to Chicane: artifice | bamboozle | befool | cavil | chicanery | dishonesty | double-dealing | feint | flimflam | fool | fraud | furtiveness | gambit | gull | hanky-panky | hoax | hoodwink | maneuver | ploy | ruse | sharp practice | stratagem | surreptitiousness | trick | trickery | underhandedness | victimize | wile See Also | beat | beat out | crush | movable barrier | object | shell | trounce | vanquish Chicane In Webster's Dictionary \Chi*cane"\, n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute,
orig. in the game of mall (F. {mail}), fr. LGr. ? the game of
mall, fr Pers chaug[=a]n club or bat; or possibly ultimated
fr. L. ciccus a trible.]
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. --Prior.
To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke.
To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your
own conscience. --Berkeley.
\Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke. \Chi*cane"\, n. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. |
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