Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enterprise whose outcome is determined by chance.
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- noun A
venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome. - noun A game of
craps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun playing craps
- noun a risky and uncertain venture
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Examples
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In Dillender's case, however, the expedition was a crapshoot from the beginning.
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In general terms, dispersants are a complex kind of dishwashing soap that scientists have called an environmental "crapshoot" in response to a situation like the gulf spill.
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At other times, the "crapshoot" cut the service time in half, as it had done today.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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I’ve had the chance to do a lot of LFGing in Ironforge lately, and to say it’s a crapshoot is a vast understatement.
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But she didn't have one and was worried about resigning herself to the "crapshoot" of a random doctor at the hospital, someone whose birthing philosophy she would not know and with whom she'd have no relationship.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed OLIVER MOORE 2010
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But she didn't have one and was worried about resigning herself to the "crapshoot" of a random doctor at the hospital, someone whose birthing philosophy she would not know and with whom she'd have no relationship.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed OLIVER MOORE 2010
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Cassandra S. Oil dispersants an environmental 'crapshoot' msnbc. comupdated 5: 49 p.m.
WN.com - Articles related to No more eating shark fin in Hawaii after new law 2010
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But she didn't have one and was worried about resigning herself to the "crapshoot" of a random doctor at the hospital, someone whose birthing philosophy she would not know and with whom she'd have no relationship.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed OLIVER MOORE 2010
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While Mock Drafts are a kind of crapshoot, the people picking those selections through this year's SB Nation Mock Draft, tend to know their teams better than most.
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Oil dispersants an environmental 'crapshoot' msnbc. comupdated 8: 21 a.m.
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