chicane

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[edit] English

a chicane in a roadway

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[edit] Noun

Singular
chicane

Plural
chicanes

chicane (plural chicanes)

  1. (road transport) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed.
  2. Chicanery.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to chicane

Third person singular
chicanes

Simple past
chicaned

Past participle
chicaned

Present participle
chicaning

to chicane (third-person singular simple present chicanes, present participle chicaning, simple past and past participle chicaned)

  1. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
  2. (transitive) To deceive.

[edit] French

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  • IPA: /ʃi.kan/

[edit] Verb

chicane

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chicaner.
  2. third-person singular present indicative of chicaner.
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner.
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner.
  5. second-person singular imperative of chicaner.

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