—n.
1 chicanery.
2 an artificial barrier or obstacle on a motor racecourse.
3 Bridge a hand without trumps, or without cards of one suit.
—v. archaic 1 intr. use chicanery.
2 tr. (usu. foll. by into, out of, etc.) cheat (a person).
Etymology: F chicane(r) quibble
Useful english dictionary. 2012.