chicane

noun

1. a bridge hand that is void of trumps

Definition categories: group

2. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

Definition categories: man–made

3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Similar word(s): chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

Definition categories: act, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

verb

1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Similar word(s): cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft

Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

2. raise trivial objections

Similar word(s): carp, cavil

Definition categories: communication, object