| NOUN | group | chicane | a bridge hand that is void of trumps |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | chicane | a movable barrier used in motor racing | |
| act | chicane, trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | |
| VERB | competition | chicane, cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
| communication | chicane, cavil, carp | raise trivial objections |
| Meaning | A bridge hand that is void of trumps. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | bridge hand | The cards held in a game of bridge |
| Meaning | A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | movable barrier | A barrier that can be moved to allow passage |
| Spanish | chicane | |
| Meaning | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan | |
| Narrower | fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on | Something intended to deceive |
| jugglery | artful trickery designed to achieve an end | |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | ardid, argucia, arte, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, engaño, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma, treta | |
| Catalan | ardit, arteria, art, astúcia, engalipada, estratagema, farfolla, sofisma | |
| Verbs | chicane | defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
| Meaning | defeat someone through trickery or deceit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey | |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | atornillar, hacer trampa, los chichos | |
| Nouns | chicanery, chicane | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| Meaning | Raise trivial objections. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | cavil, carp | |
| Broader | object | Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent |
| Spanish | criticar | |
| Catalan | criticar | |
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