an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.

a waterfall or steep descent, as in a river.

a water slide, as at an amusement park.

a steep slope, as for tobogganing.

to move or deposit, by or as if by means of a chute

The dock had facilities for chuting grain directly into the hold of a vessel.

to descend by or as if by means of a chute. ?

out of the chute

at the start; at the very beginning

The new business made mistakes right out of the chute and failed within a year.

noun

channel , course , fall , gutter , incline , rapid , runway , slide , troughnotes:a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot , as a noun , is a sprout , a bud , young leaf , or other new growth on a plant; shoot , as a verb , means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently , cascade , flume , parachute , ramp , rush , slope , trough , tube , watercourse , waterfall