Usually means: Tight, serpentine curves in road.
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  1. chicane: Merriam-Webster
  2. chicane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chicane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chicane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chicane: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chicane, chicane: Wordnik
  7. chicane: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chicane: Wiktionary
  9. chicane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chicane: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chicane: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Chicane, chicane: Dictionary.com
  13. Chicane (barrier), Chicane (disambiguation), Chicane (musician), Chicane (recording artist), Chicane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Chicane: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. chicane: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. chicane: Rhymezone
  17. Chicane: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. chicane: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. chicane: FreeDictionary.org
  20. chicane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. chicane: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. chicane: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. chicane: Legal dictionary

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  1. chicane: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chicane: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. chicane: Urban Dictionary

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  2. Chicane: Sports Definitions

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(Note: See chicaned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
noun:  The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
noun:  (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
noun:  (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
noun:  (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
verb:  (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge.
verb:  (transitive) To deceive.

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