[ʃɪˈkeɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road
(e.g: the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane)

- (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void

- the use of deception; chicanery


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin

[ʃɪˈkeɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- employ chicanery
(e.g: he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin