chute

1 of 2

noun

ˈshüt 

variants or less commonly shute

1

a

: fall sense 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

chute

2 of 2

verb

chuted; chuting

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)

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

Noun

After getting two quick outs the lefty gave up back-to-back doubles to Matt Vierling and Dingler, the latter of which put the Tigers up 1-0 right out of the chute. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026

The company’s first kitchens had been built with a specially licensed cooking system referred to later as the Insta-broiler that moved beef patties around an electric heating unit and dropped them through chutes to soak in sauce, then be put in buns and wrapped. —Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

The other standout feature is its grind retention, which refers to how much coffee gets caught in the burrs or chute and left behind. —Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026

But the condensed hopper and chute, and the smaller processing blade, don’t push through produce as well and easily as the larger Nama J2 and the top-line Kuvings and Hurom. —Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

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

First Known Use

Noun

1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1884, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing chute

• out of the chute

Rhymes for chute

• beaut
• boot
• bruit
• brut
• brute
• coot
• cute
• flute
• fruit
• hoot
• jute
• loot

Kids Definition

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

2

: parachute entry 1 sense 1