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chicaned Definition


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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'.



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