chicane

(s̸hi kān)

noun

chicanery

Origin: Fr < chicaner, to pettifog, quibble < MLowG schikken, to arrange, bring about

intransitive verb chicaned, chicaning

to use chicanery

transitive verb

  1. to trick
  2. to get by chicanery

See chicane in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb chi·caned, chi·can·ing, chi·canes
verb, intransitive
To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.
verb, transitive
To trick; deceive.
noun
  1. Chicanery.
  2. Games A bridge or whist hand without trumps.

Origin:

Origin: French chicaner

Origin: , from Old French, to quibble

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Related Forms:

  • chi·canˈer noun

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