chicane

1. n. 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: opted

2. n. To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Source: opted

3. n. a bridge hand that is void of trumps Source: wordnet

4. n. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file Source: wordnet

5. n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) Source: wordnet

6. v. defeat someone through trickery or deceit Source: wordnet

7. v. raise trivial objections Source: wordnet

8. 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. Prior. To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke. To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley. To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke. Source: webster

9. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attentionfrom the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied tolegal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Prior.To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke.To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience.Berkeley. Source: adambom

10. n. a bridge hand that is void of trumps n. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file Source: ecdict

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