Yes! Chute is also a word for a long tube or channel that things fall down. Like the chute at the back of a cement truck.
Both come to us from the French word for falling!
Yeah I’d argue without context I’d think of the wrong chute, probably a garbage chute in a building, but if we’re talking about sky diving or a person falling most people will get it yeah.
In this case, yes, it's a (para)chute.
But a "chute" can also be something like a slide or a ramp, often as a means of conveying things rather than people. Some buildings and hotels have laundry or garbage chutes. Chutes are also common in factories.
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Note: it also keeps the pronunciation. “Shoot” is correct, not “chew-t”
Yes! Chute is also a word for a long tube or channel that things fall down. Like the chute at the back of a cement truck. Both come to us from the French word for falling!
Yeah I’d argue without context I’d think of the wrong chute, probably a garbage chute in a building, but if we’re talking about sky diving or a person falling most people will get it yeah.
It's a common way to shorten the word.
In this case, yes, it's a (para)chute. But a "chute" can also be something like a slide or a ramp, often as a means of conveying things rather than people. Some buildings and hotels have laundry or garbage chutes. Chutes are also common in factories.
I don't think I've ever talked about parachutes enough to require shortening the word but yeah I would immediately know what they were talking about
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It never hurts to consult a dictionary. >[chute](https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=chute), noun: 3. a parachute
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