chicane – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: bridge hand,
movable barrier,
deception,
dissimulation,
deceit,
dissembling,
beat out,
trounce,
shell,
beat,
vanquish,
crush,
object
chicane
v.
plot, scheme
n.
plot, scheme, cheat
Chicane
A
chicane is an artificial feature creating extra turns in a road, used in
motor racing and on streets to
slow traffic for safety. For example, one form of chicane is a short, shallow S-shaped turn, requiring the driver to turn slightly left and then right again to stay on the road, which slows them down. Chicane comes from the
French verb
chicaner, which means "to quibble" or "to prevent justice".
chicane
Noun
1. a bridge hand that is void of trumps
(hypernym) bridge hand
2. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
(hypernym) movable barrier
3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
(synonym) trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan
(hypernym) deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
(hyponym) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
(derivation) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey
Verb
1. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
(synonym) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(derivation) trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan
2. raise trivial objections
(synonym) cavil, carp
(hypernym) object
chicane
nf.
zigzag; quibble, cavil
chicaner
v.
quibble, cavil; haggle
chicanar
v.
chicane, deceive, pettifog
