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chute
1[ shoot ]
noun
- an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
- a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.
- a water slide, as at an amusement park.
- a steep slope, as for tobogganing.
- a narrow corridor or enclosure for livestock that keeps the animals moving in single file or holds an animal in a forward-facing position until released to proceed into a designated area.
verb (used with object)
- to move or deposit, by or as if by means of a chute:
The dock had facilities for chuting grain directly into the hold of a vessel.
verb (used without object)
- to descend by or as if by means of a chute.
chute
2[ shoot ]
noun
- a parachute.
verb (used without object)
- to descend from the air by or as if by a parachute.
verb (used with object)
- to drop from an aircraft by means of a parachute:
Supplies were chuted to the snowbound mountain climbers.
chute
1/ ʃː /
noun
- an inclined channel or vertical passage down which water, parcels, coal, etc, may be dropped
- a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans
- a slide into a swimming pool
- a narrow passageway through which animals file for branding, spraying, etc
- a rapid or waterfall
chute
2/ ʃː /
noun
- informal.short for parachute
Derived Forms
- ˈܳپ, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of chute1
Origin of chute2
Word History and Origins
Origin of chute1
Idioms and Phrases
- out of the chute, at the start; at the very beginning:
The new business made mistakes right out of the chute and failed within a year.
Example Sentences
Workers wearing rubber gloves scanned the advancing fruit, grabbing any mandarins with blemishes and dropping them into chutes to be trucked to a juice plant.
“We don’t know what is coming down the chute.”
On its first day in operation, as ocean waves crashed behind him, an EPA contractor used a Bobcat with a front claw to pick up a metal drum and hold it over the machine’s chute.
After a nervy 30 minutes, firemen finally freed the parachutist and his chute to big cheers from the crowd.
He broke his hand on the tail section, and his parachute failed to open, with the chute catching on the branches of a tree.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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