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.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
The trash room’s walls had blood smeared on it, and a pool formed near the chute, according to the report.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
An ice maker had black mold-like growth in its wall and chute.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Boston scored five runs right out the chute in the top of the first inning, with Rob Refsnyder breaking the ice with a two-run single with the bases loaded and Jarren Duran delivering a haymaker in the form of a towering three-run home run.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
The trash room’s walls had blood smeared on it, and a pool formed near the chute, according to the report.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
Verb
Aaron takes us to the International Gay Rodeo Association's Texas Tradition Rodeo, where traditional events like calf roping and chute dogging meet camp activities like steer decorating and goat dressing.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
An ice maker had black mold-like growth in its wall and chute.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chute. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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