Chute Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

chute

/ˈʃuːt/

noun

plural

chutes

chute

/ˈʃuːt/

noun

plural

chutes

Britannica Dictionary definition of CHUTE

[count]

1

:

a narrow tube or passage that things and people go down or through

• She dropped the towels into the laundry chute.
• a mail chute
• children sliding down a water chute
• The skiers came racing down the chute.

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2

informal

:

1parachute

• His chute opened automatically.

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out of the chute

US, informal

:

since the very beginning

• He was successful (right) out of the chute.

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