chicane
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bridge hand that is void of trumps
Types & categories
- bridge hand hypernym
Sense 2 verb
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
Types & categories
- movable barrier hypernym
Sense 4 verb
raise trivial objections
Types & categories
- object hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Types & categories
- dissimulation hypernym
- dupery hyponym
- jugglery hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bridge hand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicanery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beguiler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movable barrier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiddity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | carper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quibbler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicane |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crafty |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissimulation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dupery |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jugglery |