"chicane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪn/, /t͡ʃɪˈkeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chicane.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chicane2.wav Forms: chicanes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Borrowed from French chicane. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chicane}} French chicane Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chicane (countable and uncountable, plural chicanes)
  1. A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-noun-hTVdg08e
  2. The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (chicanery): двусмислица (dvusmislica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), podvod [masculine] (Czech), trik [masculine] (Czech), podvrh [masculine] (Czech), juonittelu (Finnish), puliveivaus [colloquial] (Finnish), Schikane [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-noun-D9slF4FC Disambiguation of 'chicanery': 11 82 2 4 2
  3. (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bridge, Card games
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-noun--TYuGqxj Topics: bridge, card-games, games
  4. (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing Translations (motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds): xicana [feminine] (Catalan), šikana [feminine] (Czech), chicane (Dutch), šikaani (Finnish), Schikane [feminine] (German), siceán [masculine] (Irish), chicane [feminine] (Italian), curva a gomito [feminine] (Italian), szykana [feminine] (Polish), şikan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-noun-Z33KfvXP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 13 50 17 3 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 6 12 48 12 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 2 4 19 4 2 1 2 18 14 6 22 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 4 18 5 1 1 1 20 15 7 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 6 10 50 14 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 6 9 51 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 8 9 48 14 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 7 11 41 13 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 7 9 48 14 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 7 10 46 14 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 6 9 49 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 6 11 47 14 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 7 10 42 14 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 6 9 52 13 5 4 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports Disambiguation of 'motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds': 3 2 5 78 12
  5. (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Transport Translations (road transport: obstacle designed to reduce speed): hidastemutka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-noun-iQBQzRk4 Topics: road, transport Disambiguation of 'road transport: obstacle designed to reduce speed': 2 2 2 15 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bus stop chicane, double chicane, mobile chicane

Verb

IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪn/, /t͡ʃɪˈkeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chicane.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chicane2.wav Forms: chicanes [present, singular, third-person], chicaning [participle, present], chicaned [participle, past], chicaned [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Borrowed from French chicane. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chicane}} French chicane Head templates: {{en-verb}} chicane (third-person singular simple present chicanes, present participle chicaning, simple past and past participle chicaned)
  1. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-verb-tEAKUD4I
  2. (transitive) To deceive. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chicane-en-verb-fuE6aWob

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "bus stop chicane"
    },
    {
      "word": "double chicane"
    },
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      "word": "mobile chicane"
    }
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        "A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception."
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          "text": "1775, Edmund Burke, speech on conciliation with America\nIn this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your Colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for."
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          "ref": "1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 107:",
          "text": "‘That they may be unlearned in the detestable chicane of politics, is certain; but, they are also uncorrupted by the odious and pernicious maxims of the unfeeling tools of despotism.’",
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      "categories": [
        "en:Bridge",
        "en:Card games"
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      "glosses": [
        "The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself."
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        [
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          "hand",
          "hand"
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          "trump",
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        ]
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        "(card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself."
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          "ref": "2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:",
          "text": "On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.",
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        "A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve."
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          "bend",
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        "(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve."
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        "A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed."
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        "(road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed."
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      ],
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        "road",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkeɪn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɪˈkeɪn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvusmislica",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "двусмислица"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trik"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podvrh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "word": "juonittelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "puliveivaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chicanery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schikane"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xicana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šikana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "word": "chicane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "word": "šikaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schikane"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siceán"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chicane"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curva a gomito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szykana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds",
      "word": "şikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "road transport: obstacle designed to reduce speed",
      "word": "hidastemutka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chicane"
}

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        "To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge."
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        "(intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge."
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      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkeɪn/"
    },
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