chicane
/ʃɪˈkeɪn/
chicane noun: a quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
Noun (1)
chicane (countable and uncountable, plural chicanes)
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your Colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or...1775, Edmund Burke, speech on conciliation with America
- ‘That they may be unlearned in the detestable chicane of politics, is certain; but, they are also uncorrupted by the odious and pernicious maxims of the unfeeling tools of despotism.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 107
- The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport
- A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
Verb
chicane (third-person singular simple present chicanes, present participle chicaning, simple past and past participle chicaned)
- To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge.
- To deceive.
Adjective capitalized: Chicane
Chicane (not comparable)
- Chicana or Chicano, and of any gender, or of non-binary gender.
- ... Latine and Chicane workers and families, […]2023 October 31, Tian An Wong, An Asian American Theology of Liberation, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 68
- ... Chicane/Latine, and Asian communities. During the course of two centuries, forty-one states institutionalized anti-miscegenation laws. All these states prohibited any intermarriages with Black people, fourteen states banned white-Asian[…]2024 October 8, Nishant Upadhyay, Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Chicane
Chicane (plural Chicanes)
chicane meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi
chicane in Urdu
- دھوکا دینا
chicane in Kannada
- ಕಾನೂನು ಕುಯುಕ್ತಿ, ಅನ್ಯಾಯದವಾದ, ಕುತರ್ಕ, ಕುಯುಕ್ತಿ
chicane in Punjabi
- chicane, chicanery
- ਧੋਖਾ dhokhā
Synonyms of chicane
Forms of chicane
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chicanes |
| plural | Chicanes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chicanes |
| present participle | chicaning |
| past participle | chicaned |
| past | chicaned |
Origin of chicane
Borrowed from French chicane.
Words formed from chicane
Words that rhyme with chicane
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
- terrain
Questions about chicane
- What does chicane mean?
- Chicane means a quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- What is chicane in Urdu?
- Chicane in Urdu is دھوکا دینا. See Chicane meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is chicane?
- Chicane can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chicane?
- Chicane is pronounced /ʃɪˈkeɪn/.
- What is the plural of chicane?
- The plural of chicane is chicanes.
Words near chicane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chicane (page history and authors); Chicane (page history and authors); chicane (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chicane (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਧੋਖਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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