chicane Definition

chicane
noun

1. motor sport.
On a motor-racing circuit: a series of sharp bends.
2. Trickery; chicanery.

verb chicaned, chicaning

1. old use
To cheat them.
Form: chicane someone into something (sometimes)
Form: chicane someone out of something
intr
2. To use trickery or chicanery.

Etymology: 17c: French, meaning ‘quibble'.