noun 1.a ride or coaster, as at an amusement park or carnival, that provides thrills or excitement by moving passengers down steep dips and around sharp curves, especially one having a track that ends in water. Compare
roller coaster.
2.a steep or curving slide used for purposes of amusement.
3.any ride, motion, or experience that produces a
sensation of rapid or curving
descent:
an emotional chute-the-chute.
Also, chute-the-chutes.
Origin: 1890–95, Americanism; see
chute1