chicane
Artificial racing curve
Chicane has two main meanings.
In motorsport, a chicane is a sequence of tight turns inserted into a track to slow drivers down—an artificial obstacle requiring skill to navigate.
More broadly, to chicane is to use trickery or deception, and a chicane is such a trick: legal chicanes designed to delay the proceedings.
The motorsport term likely draws on this older sense of creating artificial obstacles.
U-shaped fastener for tresses
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- slalomSki race through gates
- S-curveTwo opposing consecutive bends
- essesPlural curved letters
corner · circuit · rally · overtake · braking zone · racing line · track · Formula One
Abrupt directional change
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- navigateGuide through terrain
- jinkAbrupt evasive maneuver
slalom · threading · evasion · negotiating · braking · accelerating · steering · commitment
Deliberate deception to conceal
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
feint · pretense · duplicity · sophistry · quibble · evasion · wile · dodge
Obstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
obstruction · roadblock · traffic calming · bollard · restriction · narrowing · pinch point · detour
hairpin
U-shaped fastener for tresses
esses · corner · circuit · rally · overtake · braking zone · racing line · track · Formula One · kart
swerve
Abrupt directional change
jink · slalom · threading · evasion · negotiating · braking · accelerating · steering · commitment · precision
subterfuge
Deliberate deception to conceal
stratagem · feint · pretense · duplicity · sophistry · quibble · evasion · wile · dodge · ploy
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
impediment · obstruction · roadblock · traffic calming · bollard · restriction · narrowing · pinch point · detour · diversion
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- racetrackpit lane, starting line, starting gate, finish line, starting grid
- zigzagszigzag, chevron, sawtooth, jagged line, switchback
- MotorsportF1, Formula 1, Formula One, NASCAR, WRC
- Gravity Racinggravity racer, soapbox, downhill racer, coasting, downhill run
- IndyCar RacingIndianapolis 500, Indy 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, oval track, pace car
chicanehonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
forthrightness · candor · sincerity · directness · openness
chicanestraightaway
Without pause or hesitation
straight · straightaways · back straight · home straight · home stretch