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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chute1 /ʃut/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a sloping trough or shaft for sending water, grain, etc., to a lower level:a mail chute; a laundry chute.
- a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.
- a water slide, as at an amusement park.
chute2 /ʃut/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Aeronauticsa parachute.
chut•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chute1 (sho̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n., v., chut•ed, chut•ing. n. - 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.
- Idioms 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.
v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to descend by or as if by means of a chute.
- Vulgar Latin *cadēre, for Latin cadere; compare cadence, case1), with vowel of Middle French chue, Old French cheue, a variant past participle; some senses influenced by shoot
- French, Middle French, representing Old French cheoite a fall, nominalized feminine past participle of cheoir to fall (
- 1715–25
- Aeronauticsa parachute.
v.i. - Aeronauticsto descend from the air by or as if by a parachute.
v.t. - Aeronauticsto drop from an aircraft by means of a parachute:Supplies were chuted to the snowbound mountain climbers.
- by shortening 1915–20, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chute /ʃuːt/ n - 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 rapid or waterfall
Etymology: 19th Century: from Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere; in some senses, a variant spelling of shoot chute /ʃuːt/ n , vb - informal
short for parachute
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