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crap shoot

crap shoot is the alternative spelling of crapshoot.

Meaning of crapshoot

Noun

crapshoot (plural crapshoots)

  1. A game of craps.
  2. (US, figuratively) A 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 604

Forms of crap shoot

pluralcrap shoots

Questions about crap shoot

What is crap shoot the alternative spelling of?
Crap shoot is the alternative spelling of crapshoot.

Words near crap shoot in the dictionary

  1. crap one's pants
  2. crap oneself
  3. crap out
  4. crap sandwich
  5. crap sandwiches
  6. crap shoot
  7. crap shoots
  8. crap ton
  9. crap tons
  10. crap up
  11. crap-shoot

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