Meaning & use
Chicaning
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Using trickery, deceptive argument, or evasive tactics to achieve a goal or avoid a point; also, in motor racing, driving through a chicane, a sharp double bend on a track.
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The lawyer accused the opposing counsel of chicaning rather than addressing the evidence directly.
The driver was penalized for chicaning through the corner to gain an unfair advantage.
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From French 'chicane,' originally a legal term for pettifogging or quibbling tactics used to delay proceedings; the racing sense developed much later, in the 20th century.
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2. verb
To negotiate a chicane, a sharp series of bends on a racetrack.
The driver was penalized for cutting through the chicane instead of chicaning it properly.
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