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chicane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
| Type of | dissembling, dissimulation, deception, deceit |
| Has types | fraud, hoax, fraudulence, humbug, jugglery, put-on, dupery |
chicane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bridge hand |
chicane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | movable barrier |
Examples of chicane
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The two drivers made contact at the chicane when Hamilton cut in front of Massa.
From the couriermail.com.au
At the restart, Sato passed Power to take the lead going into the first chicane.
From the timesunion.com
And Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost crashed at a chicane in Suzuka 1989, not 1990.
From the guardian.co.uk
She was within 10 laps of that accomplishment when she spilled in the chicane.
From the news-journalonline.com
That's why we had to thread through a chicane about 20m out from the turn-in.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Overtaking is possible on the run out of the tunnel down in to the turn 10 chicane.
From the sport.uk.msn.com
In 2007, the run off area at the second chicane was changed from gravel to asphalt.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The feud continues at Suzuka, where the pair clash while going through the chicane.
From the guardian.co.uk
The drivers made contact at the chicane when Hamilton cut in front of Massa.
From the timesunion.com
- A bridge hand that is void of trumps
- Cheat: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- Cavil: raise trivial objections
- Trickery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- A chicane is an artificial feature creating extra turns in a roadway, used in motor racing and on city streets to slow cars. On modern raceways, chicanes are usually located after long straightaways, making them a prime location for overtaking.
- A chicane is a kind of permanent fence used at a railway crossing to prevent pedestrians from running across the railway tracks or at least to slow them down. A similar arrangement is sometimes used at the entrances of parks to make the entry of bicycles difficult, if not impossible.
- Mark Winter (born 1958) is an editorial cartoonist from New Zealand who works under the pen-name Chicane.
- Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle.
