1. n. 1 a sloping channel or slide, with or without water, for conveying things to a lower level. 2 a slide into a swimming-pool. Etymology: F chute fall (of water etc.), f. OF cheoite fem. past part. of cheoir fall f. L cadere; in some senses = SHOOT 2. n. colloq. parachute. Derivatives chutist n. Etymology: abbr. ...
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I. noun also shute Etymology: French, from Old French, from cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere — more at chance Date: 1805 1. a. fall 6b b. a quick descent (as in a river) ; rapid 2. an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or through which things may pass ; slide 3. para~ 4. spinnaker II. verb (~d; chuting) Date: 1884 transitive verb to convey by a ~ intransitive verb 1. to go in or as if in a ~ 2. to utilize a ~ (as by passing ore down it) ...
(chutes) 1. A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide. Passengers escaped from the plane’s front four exits by sliding down emergency chutes. N-COUNT: oft n N 2. A chute is a parachute. (INFORMAL) You can release the chute with either hand, but it is easier to do it with the left. N-COUNT ...
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~ n 1 a long narrow structure that slopes down, used for sliding things from one place to another or for people to slide down (The pool had the added attraction of a water chute.) 2 informal a parachute1 ...