chute

/ʃu:t/
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chute

A worker sends a package down the mail chute.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A sloping channel or passage for things to slide down: A chute is a steep, inclined surface or tube designed to allow objects or people to descend quickly and smoothly, often using gravity.
    • A parachute: (Informal, short for "parachute") A device used to slow the descent of a person or object through the air.

  2. Verb:

    • To descend or jump using a parachute: The act of jumping from an aircraft and descending safely to the ground with the aid of a parachute.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Sloping Channel):
    • The laundry chute sends clothes directly to the basement.
    • Workers loaded the packages onto the delivery chute.
  • Noun (Parachute):
    • The skydiver checked his chute before the jump.
    • Supplies were dropped by chute to the remote village.
  • Verb:
    • The soldiers will chute into the training zone at dawn.
    • During the emergency, they had to chute from the plane.
Advanced Usage
  • "To shoot the chute": An idiom meaning to ride down a water slide or a similar steep, sliding attraction. It can also refer to the act of parachuting.
    • The kids love to shoot the chute at the water park.
Variants and Related Words
  • Parachute (n/v): The full term for the device or action for which "chute" is a common abbreviation.
  • Chutist (n): (Less common) A person who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Channel): Slide, ramp, incline, trough, flume.
  • Noun (Parachute): 'Chute (informal), canopy, parasail.
  • Verb: Parachute, jump, bail out.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Chute" as a verb is typically used on its own and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The related full term "parachute" is used in phrases like "parachute in.")

Related Idioms
  • "Everything but the kitchen sink": (While not directly containing "chute," this idiom is sometimes associated with the chaotic image of things coming down a chute.)
    • The report included everything but the kitchen sink.
chute

A worker sends a package down the mail chute.

Noun
  1. sloping channel through which things can descend
  2. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
Verb
  1. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

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