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- Dictionarychicane/ʃɪˈkeɪn/
noun
- 1. a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road: "the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane"
- 2. (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void. dated
verb
- 1. employ chicanery: archaic "he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles"
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Chicane can be a verb meaning to use trickery or a noun meaning an obstacle or a series of turns on a racecourse. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and word history of chicane from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Chicane is a noun that means a piece of road with severe bends like an S, or a trick to deceive someone. Learn how to use it in different contexts, see examples from various sources and find translations in other languages.
Chicane is a noun that means a piece of road with severe bends like an S, or a trick to deceive someone. Learn how to use it in different contexts, see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in other languages.
A chicane ( / ʃɪˈkeɪn /) is a serpentine curve in a road, added by design rather than dictated by geography. Chicanes add extra turns and are used both in motor racing and on roads and streets to slow traffic for safety.
noun. a bridge or whist hand without trumps. motor racing a short section of sharp narrow bends formed by barriers placed on a motor-racing circuit to provide an additional test of driving skill. a less common word for chicanery.
noun. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile. see more. see less. types: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. jugglery.
Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] chicane ( countable and uncountable, plural chicanes) A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception. [from 17th c.] The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery. [from 17th c.]
