Chicane

[ʃɑ'kein]

Definition

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

(noun.) a bridge hand that is void of trumps.

Checked by Abby--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

Inputed by Hodge

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Trick, shift, ruse, stratagem, wile, artifice, fetch, CLAP-TRAP.[2]. Trickery, sophistry, chicanery.

Typist: Mag

Definition

v.i. to use shifts and tricks.—v.t. to deceive.—n. a trick or artifice.—ns. Chicā′ner one who chicanes: a quibbler; Chicā′nery trickery or artifice esp. in legal proceedings: quibbling; Chicā′ning quibbling.

Checker: Walter