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. See chicanery
   a less common word for chicanery

verb

1. tr to deceive or trick by chicanery
2. tr to quibble about; cavil over
3. intr to use tricks or chicanery

Derived Forms

• chiˈcaner, noun

Other Words From

• chi·caner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicane¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicane¹

C17: from French chicaner to quibble, of obscure origin

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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Related Words

• baffle
• bamboozle
• betray
• cheat
• deceive
• defraud
• delude
• hoodwink
• mislead
• swindle
• victimize