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chicane::verb | Spocien Dictionary

chicane

/ʃɪ'keɪn/

raise trivial objections

Type	Words
Synonyms	carp, cavil
Type of	object

chicane

/ʃɪ'keɪn/

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Type	Words
Synonyms	chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile
Type of	dissembling, dissimulation, deception, deceit
Has types	fraud, hoax, fraudulence, humbug, jugglery, put-on, dupery

chicane

/ʃɪ'keɪn/

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Type	Words
Synonyms	cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft
Type of	vanquish, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce
Derivation	chicanery

chicane

/ʃɪ'keɪn/

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

Type	Words
Type of	bridge hand

chicane

/ʃɪ'keɪn/

a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

Type	Words
Type of	movable barrier