crapshoot
crap·shoot
noun \ˈkrap-ˌshüt\Definition of CRAPSHOOT
: something (as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome
Examples of CRAPSHOOT
- <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
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
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