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chi·cane  (sh-kn, ch-)

v. chi·caned, chi·can·ing, chi·canes

v.intr.

To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.

v.tr.

To trick; deceive.

n.

1. Chicanery.

2. Games A bridge or whist hand without trumps.

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[French chicaner, from Old French, to quibble.]

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chi·caner n.

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chicane [shik-kane]

Noun

an obstacle placed on a motor-racing circuit to slow the cars down [French chicaner to quibble]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chicane - a bridge hand that is void of trumps bridge hand - the cards held in a game of bridge
	2.	chicane - a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file movable barrier - a barrier that can be moved to allow passage
	3.	chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage jugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"
Verb	1.	chicane - defeat someone through trickery or deceit chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screw beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
	2.	chicane - raise trivial objections carp, cavil object - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"