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Word: Chicane
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century (in the senses ‘chicanery’ and ‘use chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin
ʃɪˈkeɪn
a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road
Short Definition:artificial bend
Examples:- the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane
(in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void.
Short Definition:hand without cards
the use of deception; chicanery.
Short Definition:chicanery
Word: Chicane
Speech Type: Verb
ʃɪˈkeɪn
employ chicanery
Short Definition:use chicanery
Examples:- he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles
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