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Synonyms

chicane

American  
[shi-keyn, chi-] / ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ- /

noun

  1. deception; chicanery.

verb (used with object)

chicaned, chicaning

  1. to trick by chicanery.

  2. to quibble over; cavil at.

chicane British  
/ 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

Other Word Forms

  • chicaner noun

Etymology

Origin of chicane

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

Example Sentences

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Russell lost that place because he hit the harvest limit early, which meant he was not recharging into the chicane so had less energy for the restart.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

A number of drivers ran wide during the session, and the red flag was as a result of Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar running off track at the Ascari chicane and spraying the circuit with gravel.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Leclerc had already been involved in another incident, when he dived for the inside of Russell in the second part of the Turn 12/13 chicane.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest, 0.306secs slower than team-mate Leclerc and appearing to struggle with rear-end stability on the evidence of several oversteer snaps that sent him into the run-off area at the chicane.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

Buffeting in a sea of knavery, wherein fraud and chicane and stratagem and pitfall boil into a seething broth, what wonder if the true and single-minded grow bewildered and confused?

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

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