Definitions of random

1. Force; violence.

2. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.

3. The direction of a rake- vein.

4. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; - commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.

5. Want of definite aim or method; chance.

6. Want of direction, rule, or method; chance.

7. Want of direction; chance; at random.

8. Without external guidance; without settled aim or purpose.

9. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; " a random choice"; " bombs fell at random"; " random movements"

10. 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.

11. Done without definite aim; left to chance; as, a random shot; aimless; at random, without direction or method; aimlessly.

12. Done or uttered at hazard: left to chance.

13. At random, without definite direction or purpose.

14. Done or uttered at hazard.

15. Aimless; casual.

16. Done at hazard; left to chance; done or uttered without previous calculation. At random, without definite aim. Random- shot, a shot discharged at random without any direct aim.

17. Done at hazard, or without settled aim, purpose, or calculation; left to chance; done or uttered without previous calculation.