Definition of chicane
English to English noun - a bridge hand that is void of trumps
source: WordNet 3.0 - a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
source: WordNet 3.0 - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
source: WordNet 3.0 - The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
source: Webster 1913 - In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
source: Webster 1913 verb - defeat someone through trickery or deceit
source: WordNet 3.0 - raise trivial objections
source: WordNet 3.0 - To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
source: Webster 1913
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chicane, chicano, chine, chian, cane, chin, chimney, cocaine, cocagne, chinone, chimenea, ch'in, chaun, chain, china, chino, canoe, cohan, chinaman, chaconne
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