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Noun chicane has 3 senses

chicane - a bridge hand that is void of trumps
--₁ is a kind of bridge hand
chicane - a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
--₂ is a kind of movable barrier
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
--₃ is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
--₃ has particulars:
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on; jugglery

Derived form: verb chicane₁

Verb chicane has 2 senses

cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
--₁ is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

Derived forms: noun chicanery₁, noun chicane₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
cavil, carp, chicane - raise trivial objections
--₂ is one way to object
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP