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heitto

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Finnish

Etymology

heittää (to throw) + -o

Pronunciation

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

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