chute

IPA: ʃˈut

noun

  • 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.
  • A waterfall or rapid.
  • The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
  • (informal) A parachute.
  • (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (informal, intransitive) To parachute.
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Examples of "chute" in Sentences

  • The chute is deployed when the plane's tailcone is jettisoned.
  • :: Audio File:: Listen to Jean-Marc pronounce the French word "chute"
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  • A planned "Batcave" - like chute from the surface was nixed due to budget concerns.
  • The chute is deployed when a mechanism in the plane's aft bulkhead door jettisons the plane's tailcone.
  • First, it was much smaller than the main chute; and secondly, the reserve chute for this particular Army Infantry configuration was worn on the stomach.

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