1. n.1 a sloping channel or slide, with or without water, for conveying things to a lower level.
2 a slide into a swimming-pool.
Etymology: F chute fall (of water etc.), f. OF cheoite fem. past part. of cheoir fall f. L cadere; in some senses SHOOT 2. n. colloq. parachute.
Derivatives:
chutist n.
Etymology: abbr.