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chicane

[ shi-keyn, chi- ]

noun

  1. deception; chicanery.


verb (used with object)

, chi·caned, chi·can·ing.
  1. to trick by chicanery.
  2. to quibble over; cavil at.

chicane

/ ʃɪˈkeɪn /

noun

  1. a bridge or whist hand without trumps
  2. motor racing a short section of sharp narrow bends formed by barriers placed on a motor-racing circuit to provide an additional test of driving skill
  3. a less common word for chicanery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to deceive or trick by chicanery
  2. tr to quibble about; cavil over
  3. intr to use tricks or chicanery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • chiˈcaner, noun
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Other Words From

  • chi·caner noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chicane1

1665–75; < French chicane (noun), chicaner (v.), perhaps < Middle Low German schikken to arrange
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chicane1

C17: from French chicaner to quibble, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

You will not wonder that I lose time and catch at every hope, rather than involve myself in that labyrinth of Chicane and expense.

A revoking side may score nothing either above or below the line except for honours or chicane.

He thinks that all the resources of ingenuity ought to be employed to baffle chicane, not to support it.

I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions, nor confounded it with chicane and sophistry.

Apparently Judge Dunder had in this case resolved to wink a little at chicane and decide for justice in the broader sense.

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