Chute Definition

sho͝ot
chutes
noun
chutes
A waterfall.
Webster's New World
An inclined or vertical trough or passage down which something may be slid or dropped.
Laundry chute.
Webster's New World
A narrow, usually fenced passage for horses or cattle.
American Heritage
A usually straight extension of one side of an oval racetrack, used to start certain longer races so that the finish line can be kept on a straightaway in front of the stands or clubhouse.
American Heritage
Rapids in a river.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
chutes
To convey or deposit by a chute.
American Heritage
To go or descend by a chute.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
out of the chute
  • At the very beginning; right away:

    Sales were strong right out of the chute.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Chute

Noun

Singular:
chute
Plural:
chutes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chute

Origin of Chute

  • French a fall alteration (influenced by chu) of Old French cheoite from feminine past participle of cheoir to fall from Vulgar Latin cadēre from Latin cadere kad- in Indo-European roots Sense 3, short for parachute

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French chute

    From Wiktionary

Chute Sentence Examples

  • Most games can be adapted for chute play.

  • Next cross the uplift track and down a steep rock chute into a deep rutted left then right.

  • The skydiver uses the pilot chute to initiate the opening sequence.

  • It also has the same chute you speak of!

  • Be sure to take a long enough delay so as not to throw the pilot chute over the tail of the aircraft.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHU

Words Ending With

ETEUTE

Unscrambles

chute

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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