/shooht"dheuh shooht', shooht"euh shooht'/ , n.
1. a ride or coaster, as at an amusement park or carnival, that provides thrills or excitement by moving passengers down steep dips and around sharp curves, esp. one having a track that ends in water. Cf. roller coaster .
2. a steep or curving slide used for purposes of amusement.
3. any ride, motion, or experience that produces a sensation of rapid or curving descent: an emotional chute-the-chute.
Also, chute-the-chutes .
[ 1890-95, Amer.; see CHUTE 1 ]