Adjacent Words
Shutshut away
shut down
shut eye
shut in
shut mouth
shut off
shut one's mouth
shut out
shut the door in face
shut up
shut-eye
shut-in
shutdown
Shute, Nevil
shuteye
SHUTHALHITES
Shuthelah
SHUTHELAH; SHUTHELAHITES
shutoff
shutout
Shutten race
Shutter
shutterbug
shuttered
shuttered fuze
shuttering
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: English writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960) [syn: Shute, Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway]
Merriam Webster's
variant of chute
Merriam Webster's
biographical name Nevil 1899-1960 pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway English aeronautical engineer & writer in Australia
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Shute Shute, n. Same as Chute, or Shoot.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.] To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]
