chicane

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a bridge hand that is void of trumps
• Hypernyms:
bridge hand
2. a movable barrier used in motor racing;
sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
• Hypernyms:
movable barrier
3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
• Syn:
trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan
• Derivationally related forms:
wily (for: wile), chicane (for: chicanery), trick (for: trickery)
• Hypernyms:
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
• Hyponyms:
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug,
put-on, jugglery

II - verb

1. raise trivial objections
• Syn:
cavil, carp
• Derivationally related forms:
carper (for: carp), caviller (for: cavil), caviler (for: cavil), cavil (for: cavil)
• Hypernyms:
object
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
• Syn:
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey
• Derivationally related forms:
chicanery, cheat (for: cheat), cheater (for: cheat)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan, cavil, carp, cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey