chute
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport.
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ˈʃut
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Definition
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noun
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
Sloping channel through which things can descend
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.
informal
A parachute.
A waterfall or rapid.
A civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, which includes the settlements listed below.
verb
informalintransitive
Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
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Sense: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
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