chicane

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  1. intransitive verb To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.
  2. transitive verb To trick; deceive.
  3. noun Chicanery.
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  • The "roundabout", already under construction, will serve as a chicane which vehicles will have to manoeuvre their way round to get into the car park.
  • "The function of the chicane is to put an obstacle in front of the building."
  • With two laps to go Hamilton got side-by-side with Raikkonen into the chicane, running wide gives back the spot, Hamilton then taking the lead in the the hairpin - the rain making the track slick - then Hamilton sliding off, but at the next corner Raikkonen spins and hands the lead back. —  Grandprix.com Current News
  • On his second 'flying lap', he gets it wrong at the first chicane, and has to weave his way through the giant polystyrene markers. —  Pitpass - the latest hottest F1 & A1 GP news
  • Massa gets it all wrong at the first chicane, as his teammate improves with a 37.393 but remains eighth. —  Pitpass - the latest hottest F1 & A1 GP news
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French chicaner, from Old French, to quibble.

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  1. from French chicane, trickery, sharp practice, caviling, wrangling, from chicaner, use trickery, cavil, quibble, wrangle, pettifog, prob. from Old French chic, small, little (de chic à chic, from little to little); as a noun, a little piece, finesse, subtlety: = Catalan chic = Spanish chico, small, little. Cf. chich. According to some, chicane meant the game of mall, then a dispute in that or other games, and then sharp practice in lawsuits; from Middle Latin *zicanum, from Middle Greek τζνκἀντον, from Persian chaugān, a club or bat used in polo: see def. 2.
  2. from French chicaner, use trickery: see chicane, n.
 

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