variants
or less commonly shute
chuted; chuting
: to convey by a chute
1
: to go in or as if in a chute
2
: to utilize a chute (as by passing ore down it)
Examples of chute in a Sentence
Noun
She dropped the towels into the laundry chute.
children sliding down a water chute
The skiers came racing down the chute.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom Layberger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
After crossing the panhandle of Florida, now flying at just a few hundred miles per hour, small drogue parachutes inflated to stabilize the spacecraft followed by the four main chutes.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
According to several reports, neither Coates’ primary nor his reserve chute opened.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
Inspectors found vegetables with mold on them in a walkin cooler on Wednesday, as wel as black slimy residue in the top ceiling chute of an ice machine.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
Within 20 minutes, all of the passengers and crew members slid down emergency chutes and survived.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
Nick Burks, 37, and his friend were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on March 6 near the Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and carrying avalanche air bags and beacons — were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on Wednesday, near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
When hungry crows knocked a coin down a chute, whether by accident or in frustration, a sensor would command the machine to release some food.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
The Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers were placed in a donation chute at the homeless shelter in April and landed in a bin in the building’s basement.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
Insert the side discharge chute Install the side discharge chute on a 3-function mower (mulches, side discharges or bags).
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
Taller grass was no issue for this machine, and the side discharge chute powerfully ejects clippings far away from the mower, with no lawn chunks in sight.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
As Kaiser and Diehl fielded questions in the race chute after finishing, musher John Baker stood nearby, chatting with some friends.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
Two and a half feet of rain beat down upon the face of the San Gabriels, wiping out the rustic resorts wedged into the canyons, and chuting runoff waters down onto the plain along ancient dry rivulets and freshets and canyons that Angelenos had forgotten or never known about.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Once inside, people then shoveled the coal through a small door or chute into the storage room, coal cellar, or furnace closet.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
The mountains bear that bright March radiance, glowing in creamy white palettes that chute down their steep sides.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
Noun
Playing a physical game out of the chute could tip the scales in the Lightning’s favor.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
After crossing the panhandle of Florida, now flying at just a few hundred miles per hour, small drogue parachutes inflated to stabilize the spacecraft followed by the four main chutes.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
According to several reports, neither Coates’ primary nor his reserve chute opened.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
Inspectors found vegetables with mold on them in a walkin cooler on Wednesday, as wel as black slimy residue in the top ceiling chute of an ice machine.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
Within 20 minutes, all of the passengers and crew members slid down emergency chutes and survived.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
Nick Burks, 37, and his friend were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on March 6 near the Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and carrying avalanche air bags and beacons — were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on Wednesday, near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
When hungry crows knocked a coin down a chute, whether by accident or in frustration, a sensor would command the machine to release some food.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Verb
Next, the researchers tested the grinding process, placing a Faraday cup under the grinder chute to measure how much electrical static accumulated on the ground beans, varying coffee varieties, roasting levels, and grind settings.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
The Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers were placed in a donation chute at the homeless shelter in April and landed in a bin in the building’s basement.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
Insert the side discharge chute Install the side discharge chute on a 3-function mower (mulches, side discharges or bags).
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
Taller grass was no issue for this machine, and the side discharge chute powerfully ejects clippings far away from the mower, with no lawn chunks in sight.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
As Kaiser and Diehl fielded questions in the race chute after finishing, musher John Baker stood nearby, chatting with some friends.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
Two and a half feet of rain beat down upon the face of the San Gabriels, wiping out the rustic resorts wedged into the canyons, and chuting runoff waters down onto the plain along ancient dry rivulets and freshets and canyons that Angelenos had forgotten or never known about.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Once inside, people then shoveled the coal through a small door or chute into the storage room, coal cellar, or furnace closet.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
The mountains bear that bright March radiance, glowing in creamy white palettes that chute down their steep sides.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1884, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chute. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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chute
noun
variants
also shute
ˈshüt
1
: an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or through which things may pass
a coal chute
a mail chute
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