slovodefinícia
chicane
(encz)
chicane,překážka na závodní trati Zdeněk Brož
chicane
(encz)
chicane,švindlovat v: Zdeněk Brož
Chicane
(gcide)
Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.]
To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke.
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Chicane
(gcide)
Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute,
orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. ? the game of
mall, fr Pers chaug[=a]n club or bat; or possibly ultimated
fr. L. ciccus a trible.]
1. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away
attention from the merits of a case or question; --
specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery;
chicanery; caviling; sophistry. --Prior.
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To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke.
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To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to
your own conscience. --Berkeley.
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2. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without
trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
chicane
(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]
podobné slovodefinícia
chicane
(encz)
chicane,překážka na závodní trati Zdeněk Brožchicane,švindlovat v: Zdeněk Brož
chicanery
(encz)
chicanery,podvádění n: Zdeněk Brožchicanery,švindlování n: Zdeněk Brož
Chicaner
(gcide)
Chicaner \Chi*can"er\, n. [Cf. F. chicaneur.]
One who uses chicanery. --Locke.
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Chicanery
(gcide)
Chicanery \Chi*can"er*y\, n. [F. chicanerie.]
Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the
truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
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Irritated by perpetual chicanery. --Hallam.

Syn: Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
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chicane
(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]
chicanery
(wn)
chicanery
n 1: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]

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