heitto

heittää (“to throw”) +‎ -o

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

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. (rail transport) fly switch, kick, drop (shunting maneuver in which a car or wagon is given speed and then rolls on its own onto one track, and then another car or the locomotive is braked before switching so that they can go to another track)
8. (fishing) synonym of kulle (“heavy seine”)
9. (informal) imprecision, inaccuracy

   Tässä mittarissa on aika paljon heittoa.

   This meter is quite a bit off.

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

• “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

• heitot, hoitte