Meaning of CHICANE
| Pronunciation: | | shi'keyn
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- [n] a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- [v] raise trivial objections
- [v] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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| | Synonyms: | | carp, cavil, cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat out, crush, movable barrier, object, shell, trounce, vanquish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.]
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.
To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke.
To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your
own conscience. --Berkeley.
\Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.]
To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke.
\Chi*cane"\, n. (Card playing)
In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand
itself. It counts as simple honors.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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