chicane

chi·cane

C0285300 (shĭ-kān′, chĭ-)v. chi·caned, chi·can·ing, chi·canes v.intr. To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.v.tr. To trick; deceive.n.1. Chicanery.2. Games A bridge or whist hand without trumps.

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[French chicaner, from Old French, to quibble.]

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chi·can′er n.

chicane

(ʃɪˈkeɪn) n1. (Card Games) a bridge or whist hand without trumps2. (Motor Racing) motor racing a short section of sharp narrow bends formed by barriers placed on a motor-racing circuit to provide an additional test of driving skill3. a less common word for chicaneryvb4. (tr) to deceive or trick by chicanery5. (tr) to quibble about; cavil over6. (intr) to use tricks or chicanery[C17: from French chicaner to quibble, of obscure origin] chiˈcaner n

chi•cane

(ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ-)

n., v. -caned, -can•ing. n. 1. chicanery. v.t. 2. to trick by chicanery. [1665–75; < French chicane (n.), chicaner (v.), perhaps < Middle Low German schikken to arrange] chi•can′er, n.

chicane

Past participle: chicaned
Gerund: chicaning

Imperative
chicane
chicane

Present
I chicane
you chicane
he/she/it chicanes
we chicane
you chicane
they chicane

Preterite
I chicaned
you chicaned
he/she/it chicaned
we chicaned
you chicaned
they chicaned

Present Continuous
I am chicaning
you are chicaning
he/she/it is chicaning
we are chicaning
you are chicaning
they are chicaning

Present Perfect
I have chicaned
you have chicaned
he/she/it has chicaned
we have chicaned
you have chicaned
they have chicaned

Past Continuous
I was chicaning
you were chicaning
he/she/it was chicaning
we were chicaning
you were chicaning
they were chicaning

Past Perfect
I had chicaned
you had chicaned
he/she/it had chicaned
we had chicaned
you had chicaned
they had chicaned

Future
I will chicane
you will chicane
he/she/it will chicane
we will chicane
you will chicane
they will chicane

Future Perfect
I will have chicaned
you will have chicaned
he/she/it will have chicaned
we will have chicaned
you will have chicaned
they will have chicaned

Future Continuous
I will be chicaning
you will be chicaning
he/she/it will be chicaning
we will be chicaning
you will be chicaning
they will be chicaning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chicaning
you have been chicaning
he/she/it has been chicaning
we have been chicaning
you have been chicaning
they have been chicaning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chicaning
you will have been chicaning
he/she/it will have been chicaning
we will have been chicaning
you will have been chicaning
they will have been chicaning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chicaning
you had been chicaning
he/she/it had been chicaning
we had been chicaning
you had been chicaning
they had been chicaning

Conditional
I would chicane
you would chicane
he/she/it would chicane
we would chicane
you would chicane
they would chicane

Past Conditional
I would have chicaned
you would have chicaned
he/she/it would have chicaned
we would have chicaned
you would have chicaned
they would have chicaned

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chicane - a bridge hand that is void of trumpsbridge hand - the cards held in a game of bridge
	2.	chicane - a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single filemovable barrier - a barrier that can be moved to allow passage
	3.	chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guiledissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceivingdupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagejugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"
Verb	1.	chicane - defeat someone through trickery or deceitchouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screwbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
	2.	chicane - raise trivial objectionscarp, cavilobject - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"

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