chicane

Etymology

Borrowed from French chicane.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

chicane (plural chicanes)

1. (road transport, motor racing) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed.
2. (bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours.
3. Chicanery.
   • Burke

     to shuffle from them by chicane

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.
2. (transitive) To deceive.

Etymology

From chicaner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.kan/

Verb

chicane

1. first-person singular present indicative of chicaner
2. third-person singular present indicative of chicaner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner
5. second-person singular imperative of chicaner

Noun

chicane f (plural chicanes)

1. (road transport) Chicane (obstruction designed to reduce speed), double road bend.
2. Bickering, quibbling, especially as delay tactic.

Further reading

• chicane on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “chicane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• caniche

Verb

chicane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of chicanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of chicanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of chicanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of chicanar