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Definitions for Chute

[1] an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
[2] a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.
[3] a water slide, as at an amusement park.
[4] a steep slope, as for tobogganing.
[5] 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.
[6] to descend by or as if by means of a chute.
[7] 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.
[8] a parachute.
[9] to descend from the air by or as if by a parachute.
[10] to drop from an aircraft by means of a parachute: Supplies were chuted to the snowbound mountain climbers.
[11] an inclined channel or vertical passage down which water, parcels, coal, etc, may be dropped
[12] a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans
[13] a slide into a swimming pool
[14] a narrow passageway through which animals file for branding, spraying, etc
[15] a rapid or waterfall
[16] informal short for parachute

Words related to Chute

gutter, incline, runway, course, slide, rapid, trough, fall, channel

Words nearby Chute

churr, churrasco, churrigueresque, churro, chuse, chute, chute the chute, chute-the-chute, chutist, chutney, chutzpa

Origin of Chute

2An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; by shortening

Word origin for Chute

C19: from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere; in some senses, a variant spelling of shoot

Synonyms for Chute

channel, course, fall, gutter, incline, rapid, runway, slide, trough