crapshoot

crap·shoot

noun \ˈkrap-ˌshüt\

Definition of CRAPSHOOT

: something (as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome

Examples of CRAPSHOOT

1. <there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot>

First Known Use of CRAPSHOOT

1971

Related to CRAPSHOOT

Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, enterprise, flier (also flyer), flutter [chiefly British], speculation, throw, venture

Antonyms: sure thing

Related Words: bet, hazard, stake, wager; liberty; dark horse, long shot, play

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Rhymes with CRAPSHOOT

acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit