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chute

37 4.5
A strong cloth device that fills with air to slow the fall of a person or object
  • noun
  • /ʃuːt/
: paracaídas
  • - If you want out, grab a chute.
  • open the chute

So that's you pull the the red chute and you say, Hey, self rescue option A, you know, whatever border crossing option be.

Examples

  • Open that second chute, bro!

    The Postman (1997)

  • As he approaches, Billy is packing up the rest of the chute in a backpack.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • We can pull it first and put the chute under his arm.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Next, after the free fall, pop the chute at 200 feet below the Chinese radar.

    Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

  • Now, you boys make sure your chutes are clear and ready to hook up.

    Fortress (2012)

  • No, I'm pretty much just worried the chute won't open.

    The Bucket List (2007)

  • When that hits 3,000, deploy your chute.

    Land of Bad (2024)

  • Yossi freed himself from his chute and gear and ran to help him.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Packages are sorted to any one of 200 output chutes, according to destination.

    Academic text (2004)

  • When skydivers jump from the plane, they rely on their chute to slow their descent safely.

Synonyms

parachute
vschute
110 2.0

A large piece of strong cloth that fills with air and slows a person's fall

is a general device that fills with air to slow falls in many situations
drogue chute
vschute
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A small parachute that slows something moving very fast, for example a plane or race car

is meant to slow free falls from height not to decelerate high speed vehicles

Idioms

straight out of the chute
  • Informal
1 8.9

Right from the start

Compounds

drogue chute
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A small parachute that slows something moving very fast, for example a plane or race car

coal chute
  • US
1 7.0

A sloping passage that lets coal fall into a building or basement

water chute
  • US
1 4.1

A sloping slide with flowing water that people go down into a pool

chute-the-chute
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A ride where a boat goes down a steep track and splashes into water

Surface Forms

chute singular
chutes plural

Etymology

Chute (parachute) comes from the French word chute, which means 'fall', and you can see the same chute in parachute. So a parachute is a tool that slows a person's fall.