CHICANERY

Meaning of CHICANERY in English

/ ʃɪˈkeɪnəri; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( formal ) the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to trick people

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French chicanerie , from chicaner to quibble, of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CHICANERY — chicane
English interlingue dictionary
CHICANERY — noun (plural -neries) Date: 1609 deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry ; trickery , a piece of sharp practice (as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHICANERY — -n(ə)rē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: French chicanerie, from Middle French, from chicaner + -erie -ery 1. : deception …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHICANERY — (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Английский словарь Webster
CHICANERY — ( n. ) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHICANERY — /shi kay"neuh ree, chi-/ , n. , pl. chicaneries . 1. trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHICANERY — n. plotting, scheming
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHICANERY — noun ( plural -ner·ies ) Date: 1609 1. : deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery 2. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHICANERY — noun mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Webster English vocab
CHICANERY — ■ noun the use of trickery to achieve one's purpose.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHICANERY — [chi.ca.nery] n, pl -ner.ies (1609) 1: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry: trickery 2: a piece of sharp practice (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHICANERY — chicaner|y BrE AmE ʃɪ ˈkeɪn ə r |i ʃə- ▷ chicaner|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHICANERY — chi ‧ ca ‧ ne ‧ ry /ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] formal [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHICANERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 clever but misleading talk; a false argument. 2 trickery, deception. [F chicanerie (as CHICANE)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHICANERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 clever but misleading talk; a false argument. 2 trickery, deception. [ F chicanerie (as CHICANE) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHICANERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. clever but misleading talk; a false argument. 2 trickery, deception. Etymology: F chicanerie (as CHICANE)
Oxford English vocab
CHICANERY — ( chicaneries) Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. ( FORMAL ) = trickery N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHICANERY — (chicaneries) Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. (FORMAL) = trickery N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHICANERY — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Many blacks were denied the right to vote through chicanery . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHICANERY — [noun] [U] [formal] - clever, dishonest talk or behaviour which is used to deceive peopleThe investigation has revealed political chicanery …
Cambridge English vocab
CHICANERY — Synonyms and related words : art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, baseness, bickering, blind, bluff, boggling, bosey, captiousness, catch, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHICANERY — n. Function: noun Synonyms: DECEPTION 1, chicane, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery Related Words: intrigue, machination, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHICANERY — n. Trickery, duplicity, chicane, sophistry, sophistication, deception, intrigue, intriguing, wire-pulling, stratagems, wiles, tergiversation.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CHICANERY — noun Synonyms: deception 1, chicane, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery Related Word: intrigue, machination, plot; furtiveness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHICANERY — n. trickery, sophistry, deception, quibbling, sharp practice, cheating, deviousness, duplicity, pettifoggery, double-dealing, artifice, skulduggery They lost the case because of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHICANERY — сущ. 1) крючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливание Forty days wasted in useless chicanery. ≈ Сорок дней были потеряны в бесполезной …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICANERY — chicanery.ogg ʃıʹkeın(ə)rı n 1. крючкотворство; сутяжничество 2. софистика 3. придирка impatient of such chicaneries - выведенный из себя такими придирками
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHICANERY — сущ. 1) крючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливание Forty days wasted in useless chicanery. — Сорок дней были потеряны в бесполезной …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CHICANERY — сущ. 1) крючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливание Forty days wasted in useless chicanery. — Сорок дней были потеряны в бесполезной бюрократической возне. Syn: chicane, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CHICANERY — сущ. 1) крючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливание Forty days wasted in useless chicanery. ≈ Сорок дней были потеряны в бесполезной …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICANERY — n. Pronunciation: - ' k ā n-r ē , - ' k ā -n ə - Function: noun Inflected Form: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHICANERY — n. 25B6; noun TRICKERY, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, deviousness, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHICANERY — Софистика
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHICANERY — интрига софистика придирка крючкотворство
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHICANERY — (n) крючкотворство; придирка; софистика; сутяжничество
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CHICANERY — n 1. крючкотворство; сутяжничество 2. софистика 3. придирка impatient of such chicaneries - выведенный из себя такими придирками
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CHICANERY — n 1. крючкотворство; сутяжничество 2. софистика 3. придирка impatient of such chicaneries - выведенный из себя такими придирками
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHICANERY — n. крючкотворство, софистика, придирка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CHICANERY — n. крючкотворство, софистика, придирка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CHICANERY — _n. 1> = chicane 1 2> софистика _Syn: deception
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CHICANERY — n. 1. = chicane 1 2. софистика Syn: deception
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CHICANERY — интрига софистика придирка крючкотворство
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CHICANERY — _n. 1> = chicane 1; 2> софистика
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CHICANERY — [n.] 1) придирка 2) крючкотворчество 3) софистика
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
CHICANERY — n 1) придирка; 2) крючкотворчество; 3) софистика
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
CHICANERY — софистика
English-Russian Online Dictionary
CHICANERY — 1) кляузничество, сутяжничество 2) крючкотворство 3) придирка; шикана 4) софистика
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CHICANERY — 1) придирка 2) крючкотворство 3) софистика
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
CHICANERY — интрига
Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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