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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.

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.

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verb (used without object)

to descend by or as if by means of a chute.

Idiom

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.

Origin:
1715–25; < French, Middle French, representing Old French cheoite a fall, nominalized feminine past participle of cheoir to fall (< 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

Example Sentences

The dough falls between the wheels and is molded into dumplings, which roll out a chute on the bottom.

Eventually the packages slide down a chute to be placed into a bag or an air-freight container.

Chili heaved and snorted and tried to maneuver his body in the tight-fitted, gated steel chute.

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The dough falls between the wheels and is molded into dumplings, which roll out a chute on the bottom.

Eventually the packages slide down a chute to be placed into a bag or an air-freight container.

Chili heaved and snorted and tried to maneuver his body in the tight-fitted, gated steel chute.

Chute believes that with current gene-chip technology the test will take three days to complete.

It was this programmer chute that failed to inflate properly causing the capsule to fall much faster then planned.

The tenant has to separate items before putting them in the chute.

Animals in a chute that are packed tightly cannot be expected to turn around and exit, period.

But a few pilots and designers have been exploring ways to set down on solid ground without the aid of a chute.

Many of the robots featured a chute for scooping up balls from the arena floor.

The garbage chute was sealed, replaced by a trash bin.

The chute was deployed but catching about as much air as a garbage bag with the open end tied shut.

The gate of the chute tremors with noise as the bull restlessly wrenches left and right.

For women all that is necessary is to have an egg in the chute.

Of course, he wasn't the one who noticed the garbage chute.

Instead of offering an apology, he giggled and smirked about not having installed an inflatable chute in his office.

My room's lone window looks out on a narrow well somewhere between an air shaft and a garbage chute in size and function.

If he comes down a chute once and tries to mimic the path, it is unlikely the results will be the same.

Chute knows a good deal about comics and she pulls good things from him.

Before you remember half your agenda, you are firmly ushered on your way, down the exit chute to start the process all over again.

Miller's chute caught on the temporary canopy that juts out on all sides of the ring.

Lober tells a tale of inadvertently tossing her jewelry down the garbage chute.

If a chute fails, stay calm and listen to the flight attendants.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; by shortening

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World English Dictionary

chute¹ (ʃuːt)

—n
1.	an inclined channel or vertical passage down which water, parcels, coal, etc, may be dropped
2.	a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans
3.	a slide into a swimming pool
4.	a narrow passageway through which animals file for branding, spraying, etc
5.	a rapid or waterfall

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

chute² (ʃuːt)

—n, —vb
	informal short for parachute

'chutist²

—n

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Word Origin & History

chute

1725, Amer.Eng., "fall of water," from Fr. chute, from O.Fr. cheoite pp. of cheoir "to fall," from L. cadere (see case (1)). Meaning "narrow passage for cattle, etc." first recorded 1881.

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