Definition of: chute

(sht) noun
1. A narrow, rocky rapid in a river.
2. A sluice through a dam for logs.
3. A passageway for fish through a dam.
4. An inclined trough or slide for grain, ore, coal, mail, baggage, etc.
5. A narrow pen for branding or shipping cattle.
6. A precipitous slide in an amusement park.
7. A toboggan slide.
8. Colloq. A parachute.
—v.t. & v.i. chut·ed, chut·ing To descend or cause to descend (on) a chute. ◆ Homophone: shoot. [< F, fall]