'Random shot' definitions:

Definition of 'Random shot'

From: GCIDE
  • Random \Ran"dom\, a.
  • 1. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. [1913 Webster]
  • Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Statistics) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from a process of selection from a starting set of items, in which the probability of selecting any one object in the starting set is equal to the probability of selecting any other. [PJC]
  • 3. (Construction) of unequal size or shape; made from components of unequal size or shape. [PJC]
  • at random in a manner so that all possible results have an equal probability of occurrence; for processes, each possible result is counted separately although the same type of result may occur more than once .
  • Random courses (Masonry), courses of stone of unequal thickness.
  • Random shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.
  • Random work (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds. [1913 Webster]