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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -chicane-, *chicane*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
chicane(vt) ใช้กลลวง
chicane(vi) ใช้กลลวง
chicanery(n) การใช้กลลวง, Syn. deception

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
chicane(ชิเคน') n. การหลอก, เพทุบาย, การไม่มีไพ่สำคัญในมือ (เกมไพ่บริดจฺ์) , เล่ห์. -v.ใช้เล่ห์หลอก, See also: chicaner n., Syn. deception
chicanery(ชิเค'นะรี) n. เพทุบาย, เล่ห์, เล่ห์กล, การใช่เล่ห์หลอก, Syn. deception

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
chicanery(n) เล่ห์กล, เล่ห์เพทุบาย, กลอุบาย

WordNet (3.0)
chicane(n) a bridge hand that is void of trumps
chicane(n) a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
cavil(v) raise trivial objections, Syn. chicane, carp
cheat(v) defeat someone through trickery or deceit, Syn. screw, chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft
trickery(n) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them), Syn. guile, wile, chicane, chicanery, shenanigan

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Chicanen. [ F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. &unr_; the game of mall, fr Pers chaugān club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible. ] 1. The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chicanev. i. [ Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n. ] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chicanern. [ Cf. F. chicaneur. ] One who uses chicanery. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chicaneryn. [ F. chicanerie. ] Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.

Syn. -- Trickery; sophistry; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
chicanery

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
chicanery
chicaneries

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Schikane { f } | Schikanen { pl }chicane | chicanes [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
シケイン[shikein] (n) chicane [Add to Longdo]
詭弁;奇弁;詭辯(oK);危弁[きべん, kiben] (n, adj-no) sophistry; sophism; chicanery; play on words [Add to Longdo]

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