CHUTE

chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough

(noun) sloping channel through which things can descend

parachute, chute

(noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

chute, parachute, jump

(verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

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.

A waterfall or rapid.

The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

Etymology 2

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

(informal) A parachute.

Verb

chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted)

(informal, intransitive) To parachute.

Anagrams

• chuet, teuch

Proper noun

Chute (plural Chutes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chute is the 15871st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1833 individuals. Chute is most common among White (92.47%) individuals.

Anagrams

• chuet, teuch

Source: Wiktionary


Chute, n. Etym: [F. chute, prop. a fall.]

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. See Shoot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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