Catalan Meaning of chicane

Xicana

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Definitions and Meaning of chicane in English

Wordnet

chicane (n)

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

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

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

Wordnet

chicane (v)

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

raise trivial objections

Webster

chicane (n.)

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.

To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.

FAQs About the word chicane

Xicana

a bridge hand that is void of trumps, a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single

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