chute

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: parachute slide slideway sloping trough jump

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fallSynonyms: parachute
sloping channel through which things can descendSynonyms: slide slideway sloping trough

Verb (1)

jump from an airplane and descend with a parachuteSynonyms: parachute jump

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

2.See Shoot. [1913 Webster] Chutney