chicane[verb]Synonyms: quibble, cavil, hypercriticize, dupe, bamboozle, befool, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, trick, victimize
[noun]Synonyms: deception, chicanery, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery
Contrasted words: forthrightness, straightforwardness
Related Words: artifice,
feint,
gambit,
maneuver,
ploy,
ruse,
stratagem,
trick,
wile,
furtiveness,
surreptitiousness,
underhandedness [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
chi‧cane /ʃɪˈkeɪn/
noun [countable] British English[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: chicane name of a particular combination of cards in certain card games (19-20 centuries), from French, from chicaner; ⇒ chicanery]
an S-shaped bend in a straight road, especially on a track for racing cars
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