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UK
/ʃɪkˈeɪn/
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VERB
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- raise trivial objections
NOUN
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
How To Use chicane In A Sentence
- He knew nothing of the elaborate machinery of ingenious chicane, - such as feigning bankruptcy - fraudulent conveyances - making over to his wife - running property - and had never heard of such tricks of trade as sending out coffins to the graveyard, with negroes inside, carried off by sudden spells of imaginary disease, to be "resurrected," in due time, grinning, on the banks of the Brazos. The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,
- What deals, games and other chicanery is going on in this leak investigation? Think Progress » Judith Miller discovered new notes
- The investigation revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.
- As Michael travelled agonisingly slow down the pit lane, Brawn watched for Hakkinen to come from the chicane and seize the lead.
- He also welcomed plans to stagger parking bays along the one-way road to create chicanes to slow vehicles.
- In the last eight months a bus stop has been built out into the road, chicanes have been installed, and anti-skid surfacing has been laid.
- In the end the cars were going too fast, and so the straight was broken up with two chicanes.
- After the word chicanery there was a growing noise, half of murmurs and half of hisses, while four persons started up at once -- Mr. Hawley, Middlemarch
- Indulge at length your preoccupation with lying, bullying, malice, chicanery, duplicity and revenge.
- Captain Bermudez, that past master of astrogational chicanery, gave a derisive chuckle. Perseus Spur