chicane

chicane is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
2. noun. To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
3. noun. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

   Synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

4. noun. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
5. noun. a bridge hand that is void of trumps
6. verb. raise trivial objections

   Synonyms: carp, cavil

7. verb. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

   Synonyms: cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft

Synonyms

chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile, carp, cavil, cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in chicane:

chenica

Common word forms

chicaned, chicaner, chicanes, chicaning

Words from these letters

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