English Explanatory Dictionary

chute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  2. A waterfall or rapid.
  3. A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
  4. An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
noun
  1. A parachute.
  2. A spinnaker.
verb
  1. To parachute.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, which includes the settlements listed below.

Pronunciation

/ʃuːt/ /ʃut/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chute.wav /ʃʉt/ /ʃɪu̯t/

Word forms

chute chutes chuting chuted

Etymology

From French chute.

Derived words

ballute bean chute chute dogging chute house chuteless chutelike chute-the-chute cruising chute dirt chute drag chute drogue chute flood chute garbage chute head chute laundry chute out of the chute poop chute refuse chute shoot-the-chute squeeze chute Stony Chute straight out of the chute trash chute Chute Cadley Chute Forest Chute Standen Lower Chute Upper Chute
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