chute

¹chute

noun \ˈshüt\

Definition of CHUTE

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

: parachute

4

: spinnaker

Variants of CHUTE

chute also shute \ˈshüt\

Examples of CHUTE

1. She dropped the towels into the laundry chute.
2. children sliding down a water chute
3. The skiers came racing down the chute.

Origin of CHUTE

French, from Old French, from cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere — more at chance

First Known Use: 1805

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with CHUTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, butte, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute

²chute

verb

chut·edchut·ing

Definition of CHUTE

transitive verb

: to convey by a chute

intransitive verb

1

: to go in or as if in a chute

2

: to utilize a chute (as by passing ore down it)

First Known Use of CHUTE

1884