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But I've never really done anything that implies any kind of danger. I wouldn't skydive, I wouldn't deep sea dive, I wouldn't parachute. I think you're really just rolling the dice. Who packed your chute the night before?
Eugene Levy

Meaning of "chute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHUTE

From Old French cheoite, feminine past participle of cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere; in some senses, a variant spelling of shoot.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHUTE

chute  [ʃuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chute is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chute

Chute may refer to: ▪ Chute, a channel down which falling materials are guided ▪ Mail chute, a chute for collecting and transporting mail within a building ▪ Chute, a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly; a new short channel that cuts across the neck of land separating the two ends of a river oxbow; formed when a high energy stream cuts a new short channel, called a chute. ▪ Chute, a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals ▪ Squeeze chute, a cage for restraining a farm animal ▪ Chute, a projection extending from either end of an oval-shaped racecourse ▪ Parachute, a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag ▪ Pilot chute, a small auxiliary parachute ▪ Chaloner Chute, Speaker of the House of Commons ▪ Christopher G. Chute, American biomedical informatics researcher ▪ Philip Chute, MP...

Definition of chute in the English dictionary

The first definition of chute in the dictionary is an inclined channel or vertical passage down which water, parcels, coal, etc, may be dropped. Other definition of chute is a steep slope, used as a slide as for toboggans. Chute is also a slide into a swimming pool.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHUTE


absolute
ˈæbsəˌluːt
acute
əˈkjuːt
boot
buːt
constitute
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt
contribute
kənˈtrɪbjuːt
cute
kjuːt
dispute
dɪˈspjuːt
distribute
dɪˈstrɪbjuːt
fruit
fruːt
institute
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt
mute
mjuːt
recruit
rɪˈkruːt
root
ruːt
route
ruːt
salute
səˈluːt
shoot
ʃuːt
substitute
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt
suit
suːt
tribute
ˈtrɪbjuːt
ute
juːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHUTE

churidars
churinga
churl
churlish
churlishly
churlishness
churn
churn out
churner
churning
churnmilk
churr
churrigueresco
churrigueresque
churro
churrus
chut
chutist
chutney
chutzpah

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHUTE

brake chute
brake parachute
coal chute
escape chute
garbage chute
garbage shute
golden parachute
parachute
refuse chute
rotachute
rubbish chute
shoot-the-chute
Shute

Synonyms and antonyms of chute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chute» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chute

Translation of «chute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHUTE

Find out the translation of chute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滑道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tobogán
570 millions of speakers

English

chute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढलान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شلال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

желоб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rampa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলপ্রপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toboggan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelongsor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rutsche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シュート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

활강로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelindhung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường trợt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிவுக்குள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scivolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zsyp
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жолоб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chute
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλεξίπτωτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glybaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ränna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chute
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHUTE»

The term «chute» is very widely used and occupies the 16.456 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHUTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chute» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chute» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chute

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5 QUOTES WITH «CHUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chute.
1
Louis R. Chenevert
We produce motor drive electronics; we produce cargo systems for large narrow-body and wide-body airplanes and, more importantly, the emergency escape chute that goes on these planes.
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Mariella Frostrup
I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.
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Eugene Levy
But I've never really done anything that implies any kind of danger. I wouldn't skydive, I wouldn't deep sea dive, I wouldn't parachute. I think you're really just rolling the dice. Who packed your chute the night before?
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Dan Quisenberry
Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.
5
Mike Schmidt
I've got to tell you right out of the chute, Ryan Howard, to me, is very interested in my input in his hitting. To me that makes me really feel good. We've chatted over the years about hitting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHUTE»

Discover the use of chute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics
Some of the most acclaimed books of the twenty-first century are autobiographical comics by women.
Hillary L. Chute, 2013
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The Beans of Egypt, Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine introduced the world to the notorious, unforgettable Bean clan of small town Egypt, Maine—from wild man Reuben, an alcoholic who can’t seem to keep himself out of jail; to his cousins, the perpetually pregnant ...
Carolyn Chute, 2008
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Merry men
This is only the beginning of Carolyn Chute's saga, an epic in which she remarkably pulls together all the strands until we have before us an amazing and coherent and altogether rewarding picture of a place unlike any other but eerily ...
Carolyn Chute, 1994
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A Genealogical and Heraldic Histoy of the Commoners of Great ...
Mr. Chute espoused, secondly, in 1798, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Dr. William Maunsell, D.D. of the city of Limerick, and by her has two sons and three ( laughters, l. William-Mannsell. M. Richard, M.D. member of the college of surgeons, ...
John Burke, 1838
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La chute de la monarchie, 1787-1792 (English translation).
The first volume in The French Revolution Series, on the fall of the French monarchy 1787 1792.
Michel Vovelle, 1984
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Chute family in America in the 20th century
This collection consists of a mimeographed copy of the book by George M. Chute, Jr., which is a supplement to the text: Genealogy and history of the Chute family in America, by William E. Chute, 1894, and includes an index.
George M. Chute, William Edward Chute, 1967
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Hydraulics of Dams and River Structures: Proceedings of the ...
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Swiss Federal Institute a/Technology. Zurich, Switzerland ABSTRACT: For protection of spillway chutes and bottom outlets against cavitation damage, air is normally added by chute ...
Farhad Yazdandoost, Jalal Attari, 2004
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Chute #3
It's the Wild West a few years newer, the story of love and life and realizing dreams come true. For those who have ever imagined besting a buckin' bronco, Chute #3 is a must-read.
Mackey Murdock, 2007
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The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership
Explores how Shingwaukonse and other Native leaders of the Great Lakes Ojibwa sought to establish links with new government agencies to preserve an environment in which Native cultural values and organizational structures could survive.
Janet Elizabeth Chute, 1998
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The Parents' Guide to Cochlear Implants
Offers a guide to cochlear implanation for parents, including discussion of the evaluation process, device options, surgical procedure, and device maintenance.
Patricia M. Chute, Mary Ellen Nevins, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plane deploys chute, lands in Houston-area neighborhood
... made an emergency landing in a Houston-area neighborhood after the pilot reported engine trouble and deployed an emergency chute. «Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Jul 15»
2
Grand Chute doctor remains missing
As the investigation into the disappearance of Dr. Jeffrey Whiteside continues in Door County, colleagues and patients of the missing Grand ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Jul 15»
3
New Hideaway Bins laundry hamper works with a laundry chute
Dirty laundry from the upper floors can be simply tossed into the chute to be collected and stored discreetly by the hamper underneath. «Architecture and Design, Jul 15»
4
Police no longer searching for child in Grand Chute
The Outagamie County Sheriff's Office says police in Grand Chute are looking for a small child who was seen walking alone outside. «WBAY, Jul 15»
5
Man Facing OWI Charge in Fiery Grand Chute Crash
The Grand Chute Fire Department put out the blaze and no one was hurt. 41 northbound was closed between State Highway 15 and Richmond ... «WBAY, Jul 15»
6
Door County Sheriff's Department Search For Missing Grand Chute
The Door County Sheriff's Department's search continues for a missing Grand Chute man. Dr. Jeffrey R. Whiteside, a physician in the Fox ... «DoorCountyDailyNews.com, Jul 15»
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River advocate, Ti youths draw attention to La Chute
It is located along the La Chute, a short and quick moving river, historically significant for its link between Lake George and Lake Champlain. «DenPubs, Jul 15»
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Jump Chute Evaluation at the 2015 FEH East Coast Championship …
In the interest of the familiarization for horses and handlers, the free jump evaluation through a jump chute for three-year-olds at the USEA ... «United States Eventing Association, Jul 15»
9
Driver in I-41 crash upgraded to fair condition
APPLETON – Jacob Van Boxtel, a 22-year-old Little Chute man involved in a rollover crash Monday morning on Interstate 41, is in fair condition ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Jun 15»
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Little Chute Man Suffers Life Threatening Injuries in I-41 Crash
A 22-year-old Little Chute man was airlifted to a local hospital after being ejected from his vehicle in a crash on I-41 in Appleton. The victim has ... «WBAY, Jun 15»

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