chicane
deception; chicanery.
Origin of chicane
1Other words from chicane
- chi·can·er, noun
Words Nearby chicane
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How to use chicane in a sentence
You will not wonder that I lose time and catch at every hope, rather than involve myself in that labyrinth of chicane and expense.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonA 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.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for chicane
/ (ʃɪˈkeɪn) /
a bridge or whist hand without trumps
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
a less common word for chicanery
(tr) to deceive or trick by chicanery
(tr) to quibble about; cavil over
(intr) to use tricks or chicanery
Origin of chicane
1Derived forms of chicane
- chicaner, noun
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