chute

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see also: Chute

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃ(j)uːt/

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

1. 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.
2. A waterfall or rapid.
3. The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

Translations

• German: Rutsche, Rinne, Schacht, Rohr, Röhre
• Russian: жёлоб

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

1. (informal) A parachute.

Translations

• German: Fallschirm
• Portuguese: paraquedas
• Russian: парашю́т
• Spanish: paracaídas

Verb

chute (chutes, present participle chuting; past and past participle chuted)

1. (informal, intransitive) To parachute.

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Chute

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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