Antonyms for chicane

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : shi-keyn, chi-

Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ-

Definition of chicane

Origin : in English in various senses, including "act of chicanery" (1670s), "obstacles on a roadway" (1955), also a term in bridge (1880s), apparently all ultimately from an archaic verb chicane "to trick" (1670s), from French chicane (16c.), from chicaner "to pettifog, quibble" (15c., see chicanery).

As in trickery : noun deception, joke
As in wile : noun cunning
As in chicanery : noun deception, trickery
As in indirection : noun dishonesty
As in shadiness : noun indirection
As in shiftiness : noun indirection
As in shiftiness : noun deceit
As in slyness : noun indirection
As in sneakiness : noun indirection
As in trickiness : noun indirection
As in underhandedness : noun indirection
As in deceit : noun practice of misleading
As in deception : noun trick
As in decoy : noun bait, trap
As in dishonesty : noun lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
As in double-dealing : noun betrayal, cheating
As in fraud : noun trickery, deception
As in hanky-panky : noun monkey business
As in quibble : verb disagree over minor issues
As in pettifog : verb quibble
As in con : verb deceive, defraud
As in dupe : verb fool someone
As in fool : verb trick, mislead
As in hoax : verb trick

Example sentences :

Then, he says, the 'Demon of Chicane appeared to me in all his hideousness.
Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen

He had vowed war in his youth against the 'demon of chicane.'
Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen

Under these conditions, can either side score "except for honors or chicane?"
Extract from : « Auction of To-day » by Milton C. Work

Roebuck was the keystone of the arch that sustained the structure of chicane.
Extract from : « The Deluge » by David Graham Phillips

There had never been any chicane like the chicane she was presently going to commit.
Extract from : « The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett » by Compton Mackenzie

You want a field for your remarkable talent for conspiracy and chicane.
Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett

Laws are made to be kept, else we live in a house of chicane.
Extract from : « Lewis Rand » by Mary Johnston

The value of honors, slam, little slam or chicane, is not affected by doubling or redoubling.
Extract from : « Auction of To-day » by Milton C. Work

Should both sides revoke, the only score permitted shall be for honors in trumps or chicane.
Extract from : « Auction of To-day » by Milton C. Work

I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions, nor confounded it with chicane and sophistry.
Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke

Synonyms for chicane

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