Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To parachute.

    jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Examples

10 sentences

  1. The trash chute got clogged up.

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  2. The trash chute is clogged and smells horrible.

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  3. Remember to throw your clothes down the clothes chute.

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  4. Don't throw large or bulky items down the garbage chute.

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  5. I dropped it into the garbage chute and forgot about it.

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Origin

Clipping of parachute.

Clipping of parachute.

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Forms

chutes, chuting, chuted, chuted
Base formchute · to chute
3rd person singularchutes
Present participlechuting
Past simplechuted
Past participlechuted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychute
he, she, itchutes

Past simpleLesson

all personschuted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chuted
he, she, ithas chuted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chute

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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