1. Sloping channel through which things can descend
   "The factory used a chute to transport boxes to the loading dock";
   - slide, slideway, sloping trough
    
2. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
   "The skydiver deployed her chute at 3,000 feet";
   - parachute

1. Jump from an aeroplane and descend with a parachute
   "The skydivers chuted from 10,000 feet";
   - parachute, jump

Sounds like: shoot, Shute

Derived forms: chuting, chutes, chuted

Type of: dive, dump, eavestrough [Cdn], gutter, plunge, plunk [informal], rescue equipment, trough

Encyclopedia: Chute, Victoria