chicane

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Editorial note

If you actually wanted to make the roads safer, you'd build physical "traffic calming" obstacles like speed bumps or chicanes [1].

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Quick take

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

noun

a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

noun

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chicane.

noun

a bridge hand that is void of trumps

noun

a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

noun

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

See also: trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan

verb

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

See also: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey

verb

raise trivial objections

Example sentences

If you actually wanted to make the roads safer, you'd build physical "traffic calming" obstacles like speed bumps or chicanes [1].

Before it was normal to see cars on through the village with 100kmh, now they'll crash if they try to do that, because on entry and exit in the village there is a chicane.

In regard to the 5 point Neil makes under the original post, I have a sad observation:- numerous people would, and often do, rally against gag orders handed down by various offices- yet the wide society is pretty quick to gag or chicane a blogger for publishing politically-incorrect observations.