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to chute

to chute

7.9
To jump from a plane and fall slowly using a parachute
  • verb
  • /ʃuːt/
translation icon : saltar en paracaídas
  • After the plane reached the right height, it was time to chute into the training zone.

Examples

  • It's chuted down to the laundry room.

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

  • We are troughed and slopped and corralled and chuted.

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  • The soldiers were trained to chute from the aircraft during each drill.

  • During the exercise, the instructor told us to chute from the plane at the designated altitude.

Synonyms

to jump
vsto chute
365 4.7

To leave an aircraft and fall slowly using a parachute

is the same meaning but uses a different single-word term
to parachute
vsto chute
25 3.7

To jump from a plane and slow your fall by opening a cloth that fills with air

emphasizes that the person first leaves the aircraft before descending
to skydive
vsto chute
5 4.9

To jump from a plane and move in the air before opening a parachute

is the basic exit and descent without aerial acrobatics
to sky dive
vsto chute
1 4.4

To jump from an airplane and do tricks before opening a parachute

is the simpler exit and descent without those acrobatic actions

Antonyms

to ascend
54 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

Idioms

straight out of the chute
  • Informal
8.9

Right from the start

Compounds

coal chute
  • US
1 7.0

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

drogue chute
  • Specialized
1 8.2

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

chute-the-chute
  • Archaic
9.9

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

water chute
  • US
4.1

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

Surface Forms

chute infinitive
chuted past
chuted past participle
chuting present participle
chutes third person singular

Etymology

To chute (to jump by parachute) is based on the noun chute 'fall' and the idea of using a chute to control that fall. So when someone 'chutes' they descend by parachute to slow their fall.