| n. | 1. | 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. | (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. |
| Noun | 1. | chicane - a bridge hand that is void of trumps |
| 2. | chicane - a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file | |
| 3. | chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | |
| Verb | 1. | chicane - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit |
| 2. | chicane - raise trivial objections |