chute /ʃuːt/noun 6verb 1forms 3phrases 2 noun6 •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.On reaching the slip, the barrow was wheeled off the truck onto a scaffolding gantry built out over the wall, and the concrete tipped down a corrugated iron chute on to a steel plate. — 1959 •(informal) A parachute.At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle , but in another moment, it popped. — 2007 •A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. •A waterfall or rapid. •An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race. •(slang) A spinnaker. verb1 •(informal) To parachute. formschuted · chuting · chutes Phrases with chute out of the chuteAt the start, immediately. straight out of the chuteimmediately, from the very outset.
