chute: Meaning and Definition of

chute

1. an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
2. a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.
3. a water slide, as at an amusement park.
4. a steep slope, as for tobogganing.
5. at the start; at the very beginning: The new business made mistakes right out of the chute and failed within a year.

1. to move or deposit, by or as if by means of a chute: The dock had facilities for chuting grain directly into the hold of a vessel.

1. to descend by or as if by means of a chute.

chute

1. a parachute.

1. to descend from the air by or as if by a parachute.

1. to drop from an aircraft by means of a parachute: Supplies were chuted to the snowbound mountain climbers.