'Chicane' definitions:
Definition of 'chicane'
From: WordNet
noun
A bridge hand that is void of trumps
noun
A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
noun
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Chicane'
From: GCIDE
- Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chicane'
From: 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.]
Synonyms of 'chicane'
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