heitto

Etymology

heittää (“to throw”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯tːo/, [ˈhe̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -eitːo
• Hyphenation^(key): heit‧to

Noun

heitto

1. throw, cast, shy (act of throwing)
2. toss (throw with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care)
3. (basketball) shot

   kolmen pisteen heitto ― three-point shot

4. caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion)
5. retort, riposte (quick response)
6. runout (deviation of the axis of rotation)
7. (informal) imprecision, inaccuracy

   Tässä mittarissa on aika paljon heittoa.

   This meter is quite a bit off.

8. (informal) conjecture (statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess)

Further reading

• “heitto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• heitot, hoitte