chicane

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection

   A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.

2. 2

   The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals

   The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

   • ‘That they may be unlearned in the detestable chicane of politics, is certain; but, they are also uncorrupted by the odious and pernicious maxims of the unfeeling tools of despotism.’
3. 3

   The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.

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   1. 4

      A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds

      A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.

      • On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.
   2. 5

      A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to…

      A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.

   3. 6

      To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge.

   4. 7

      To deceive.

   5. 8

      Chicana or Chicano, and of any gender, or of non-binary gender.

      • ... Latine and Chicane workers and families, […]
      • ... Chicane/Latine Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
   6. 9

      A Chicana or Chicano of any gender, or of non-binary gender.

      • […] Chicanes and Latines that continue to reproduce geographies of domination and exclusion. It strikes me that while Chicanes […]

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