Russian roulette

Russian roulette

noun

Definition of RUSSIAN ROULETTE

1

: an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing the muzzle at one's own head, and pulling the trigger

2

: something resembling Russian roulette in its potential for disaster <taking cocaine is playing Russian roulette — Jonathan Nicholas>

First Known Use of RUSSIAN ROULETTE

1937

Rhymes with RUSSIAN ROULETTE

analphabet, bachelorette, drum majorette, electrojet, Hospitalet, marionette, microcassette, micropipette, mosquito net, musique concrète, photo-offset, snowy egret, solution set, videlicet, working asset