kasteskud

Danish

Alternative forms

• kastet skud

Etymology

From kaste +‎ skud.

Noun

kasteskud n (singular definite kasteskuddet, plural indefinite kasteskud)

1. A shot fired without using the sights (point shooting, aka unsighted fire), or any quickly and imprecisely aimed shot (pot shot).
   • 1929, Thomas Dinesen, No Man's Land – En dansker med canadierne ved vestfronten:

     [...] nu er det min tur – et kasteskud mod den ene – den anden styrter af sted rundt om hjørnet, og vejen er fri.

     [...] now it's my turn – an unsighted shot at one of them – the other runs off around the corner, and the path is clear.

   • 2004, Lars Holmberg, Politiets brug af skydevåben i Danmark, 1985–2002:

     Politiets datamateriale opererer med såkaldt kastede skud samt sigtede skud.

     The records of the Police operate with so-called pointed shots, as well as aimed shots.

2. (obsolete) A cannon shot fired at above 4 degrees of elevation.
   • 1860, B. H. Faber, Bombardement 1807‎Kjøbenhavns:

     Samme Dag kastede ogsaa 2 fjendtlige Bombarderer Bomber mod Prøvesteen, som besvarede deres Ild med en Deel Kasteskud.

     The same day, two enemy bombarders also launched bombs against Prøvestenen, who responded to their fire with a number of arced cannon shots.

Inflection

Declension of kasteskud

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kasteskud	kasteskuddet	kasteskud	kasteskuddene
genitive	kasteskuds	kasteskuddets	kasteskuds	kasteskuddenes

Antonyms

• sigtet skud