heitto

== Finnish == === Etymology === heittää (“to throw”) +‎ -o === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːo/, [ˈhe̞i̯t̪ːo̞] Rhymes: -eitːo Syllabification(key): heit‧to Hyphenation(key): heit‧to === Noun === heitto throw, cast, shy (act of throwing) toss (throw with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care) (basketball) shot kolmen pisteen heitto ― three-point shot caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion) retort, riposte (quick response) runout (deviation of the axis of rotation) (informal) imprecision, inaccuracy (informal) conjecture (statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “heitto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === heitot, hoitte