CHICANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chicane mean? 

• CHICANE (noun)
  The noun CHICANE has 3 senses:

1. a bridge hand that is void of trumps

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

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

  Familiarity information: CHICANE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CHICANE (verb)
  The verb CHICANE has 2 senses:

1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

2. raise trivial objections

  Familiarity information: CHICANE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHICANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge hand that is void of trumps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("chicane" is a kind of...):

bridge hand (the cards held in a game of bridge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chicane" is a kind of...):

movable barrier (a barrier that can be moved to allow passage)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chicane; chicanery; guile; shenanigan; trickery; wile

Hypernyms ("chicane" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chicane"):

dupery; fraud; fraudulence; hoax; humbug; put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)

jugglery (artful trickery designed to achieve an end)

Derivation:

chicane (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)

• CHICANE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

cheat; chicane; chouse; jockey; screw; shaft

Hypernyms (to "chicane" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raise trivial objections

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

carp; cavil; chicane

Hypernyms (to "chicane" is one way to...):

object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP