chicane
Americannoun
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a bridge or whist hand without trumps
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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
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a less common word for chicanery
verb
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(tr) to deceive or trick by chicanery
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(tr) to quibble about; cavil over
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(intr) to use tricks or chicanery
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chicane
1665–75; < French chicane (noun), chicaner (v.), perhaps < Middle Low German schikken to arrange
Example Sentences
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It’s the same stage played by legends Chicane and Paul Oakenfold this year and Darude last.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Then, coming out of the Ford Chicane, I spun myself and went into the gravel.
From The Verge • Jun. 14, 2016
We clicked into our skis at the top of an intermediate run called Chicane and pushed off.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011
Special attention has been paid to the Chicane vote.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the conclusion of a rubber the scores for tricks, honours, Chicane, and Slam, obtained by each side, are added, and one hundred points are added to the score of the winners of the rubber.
From Bridge Axioms and Laws by Elwell, J.B. (Joseph Bowne)
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