4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. {mail}), fr. LGr. ? the game of mall, fr Pers chaug[=a]n club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.] 1. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. --Prior. [1913 Webster] To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke. [1913 Webster] To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 2. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: chicane n 1: a bridge hand that is void of trumps 2: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file 3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {guile}, {wile}, {shenanigan}] v 1: defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat}, {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {jockey}] 2: raise trivial objections [syn: {cavil}, {carp}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "chicane": artifice, bamboozle, befool, cavil, chicanery, dishonesty, double-dealing, feint, flimflam, fool, fraud, furtiveness, gambit, gull, hanky-panky, hoax, hoodwink, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sharp practice, stratagem, surreptitiousness, trick, trickery, underhandedness, victimize, wile
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