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noun
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deception; chicanery.
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Chicane
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
Origin:
1665–75; < French chicane (noun), chicaner (v.), perhaps < Middle Low German schikken to arrange
1665–75; < French chicane (noun), chicaner (v.), perhaps < Middle Low German schikken to arrange
Related forms
chi·can·er, noun
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| chicane (ʃɪˈkeɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a bridge or whist hand without trumps |
| 2. | 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 skill |
| 3. | a less common word for chicanery |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to deceive or trick by chicanery |
| 5. | (tr) to quibble about; cavil over |
| 6. | (intr) to use tricks or chicanery |
| [C17: from French chicaner to quibble, of obscure origin] | |
| chi'caner | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
chicane
in various senses, "obstacles on a roadway" (20c.), also a term in bridge, apparently all ult. from verb chicane (c.1672), from Fr. chicaner "to pettifog, quibble" (15c., see chicanery).
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