Meaning of Chicane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
   countable, uncountable
2. A Chicana or Chicano of any gender, or of non-binary gender.
   uncommon
3. The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
   countable, uncountable
4. The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
   countable, uncountable
5. A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
   countable, uncountable
6. A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“1775, Edmund Burke, speech on conciliation with America In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your Colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for.”

“‘That they may be unlearned in the detestable chicane of politics, is certain; but, they are also uncorrupted by the odious and pernicious maxims of the unfeeling tools of despotism.’”

“On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.”

“[…] Chicanes and Latines that continue to reproduce geographies of domination and exclusion. It strikes me that while Chicanes […]”

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