Overview of noun chicane

The noun chicane has 3 senses

• chicane -- (a bridge hand that is void of trumps)


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


• trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan -- (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))

Overview of verb chicane

The verb chicane has 2 senses

• cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey -- (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)


• cavil, carp, chicane -- (raise trivial objections)