chicane

[shi-keyn, chi-]

noun

1. deception; chicanery.

verb (used with object)

chicaned, chicaning 

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

verb

1. (tr) to deceive or trick by chicanery

2. (tr) to quibble about; cavil over

3. (intr) to use tricks or chicanery

Other Word Forms

• chicaner 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

Norris challenged at the start and Verstappen cut the first chicane to retain the lead.

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Russell ended the session parked on the grass beside the track before the Roggia chicane as a result of a power loss, which left him stuck in seventh gear with the rear wheels locked.

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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.

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The changes to car behaviour caught Hamilton out when he braked hard for the Bus Stop chicane in sprint qualifying.

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Norris now faces the same problem Piastri had in the sprint - giving the driver behind him the slipstream on the run up to the Les Combes chicane on the first lap.

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Related Words

• chicanery 
• corruption 
• criminality 
• deceit 
• duplicity 
• falsehood 
• fraud 
• graft 
• infidelity 
• mendacity 
• treachery 
• trickery