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Meaning of chicane

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  chicane
      n 1: a bridge hand that is void of trumps
      2: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed
         before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in
         single file
      3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
         money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {chicane},
         {guile}, {wile}, {shenanigan}]
      v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat},
           {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}]
      2: raise trivial objections [syn: {cavil}, {carp}, {chicane}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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