Usually means: Gambling with unpredictable outcome, risky.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word crapshoot:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. crapshoot: Merriam-Webster
  2. crapshoot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crapshoot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crapshoot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crapshoot: Vocabulary.com
  6. crapshoot: Wordnik
  7. crapshoot: Wiktionary
  8. crapshoot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. crapshoot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. crapshoot: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. crapshoot: Dictionary.com
  12. crapshoot: Rhymezone
  13. crapshoot: FreeDictionary.org
  14. crapshoot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. crapshoot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crapshoot: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crapshoot: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A game of craps.
▸ noun:  (US, idiomatic) A venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.

Similar:
crapgame, crap-shoot, crap shoot, craps, crapless craps, dice game, bank craps, African golf, dicing, oontz, more...

Opposite:
sure thing, certainty, guarantee, sure bet

Adjectives:
real, such, total, big, genetic, giant, complete, huge, cosmic

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Similar:
crapgame, crap-shoot, crap shoot, craps, crapless craps, dice game, bank craps, African golf, dicing, oontz, more...

Opposite:
sure thing, certainty, guarantee, sure bet

Adjectives:
real, such, total, big, genetic, giant, complete, huge, cosmic



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