CRAPSHOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crapshoot mean? 

• CRAPSHOOT (noun)
  The noun CRAPSHOOT has 2 senses:

1. a risky and uncertain venture

2. playing craps

  Familiarity information: CRAPSHOOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAPSHOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A risky and uncertain venture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot

Hypernyms ("crapshoot" is a kind of...):

danger; peril; risk (a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Playing craps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

crap game; crap shooting; crapshoot

Hypernyms ("crapshoot" is a kind of...):

craps (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)