Meanings
plural crapshoots · alternative crap-shoot · alternative crap shoot
- A game of craps.
- USfigurativelyA venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.
"Well, yeah, I can see that. It's not like he lives in the 'hood, yadamean? Who comes way out here? It'd be a real crapshoot. People out here'd either pull a gun on you or invite you for pot roast."
2013, Lisa McMann, Don't Close Your Eyes: Wake, Fade, Gone, New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 6041 more example
If the goal is simply to energize the low-propensity Trump voter, then it is also a crapshoot, given the low likelihood that this type of person was even aware of the convention, much less watching it.
2026 September 12, Jamelle Bouie, “The Cult of Trump Is Waning”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: roll of the dice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.
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Dutch dobbelspel
- dobbelspelcraps game
Finnish upporikas ja rutiköyhä
- upporikas ja rutiköyhärisky venture
French coup de poker
- coup de pokerrisky venture
Korean 복불복
- 복불복 (bokbulbok)risky venture
Polish loteria
- loteriarisky venture
Spanish lotería
- loteríarisky venture
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crapshoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crapshoot
“crapshoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crapshoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crapshoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crapshoot.
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