Associations to the word «Chute»

Wiktionary

CHUTE, 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.
CHUTE, noun. Parachute
CHUTE DOGGING, noun. A rodeo event in which the competitor attempts to bring the steer to a line ten feet from the chute and wrestle (or "dog") the steer to the ground.

Dictionary definition

CHUTE, noun. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall.
CHUTE, noun. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
CHUTE, verb. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley