Crapshoot
noun
Something that has an unpredictable outcome, which can be either good or bad.
Investing in the stock market these days is a real crapshoot.
Often appears as...
- take a crapshoot
- be a crapshoot
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Something that has an unpredictable outcome, which can be either good or bad.
Investing in the stock market these days is a real crapshoot.
Often appears as...
- take a crapshoot
- be a crapshoot
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability Emphasis
Use 'crapshoot' to stress the lack of control over an outcome, highlighting unpredictability.
Planning an outdoor wedding in April is a crapshoot because of the weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
'Crapshoot' is informal and best suited for casual conversations, not formal situations.
Starting a food truck in this economy is a crapshoot, but I'm willing to try.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
The outcome of a 'crapshoot' can be unexpectedly good or bad, so it's neutral on its own.
This audition feels like a crapshoot — could be my big break or another letdown.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability Emphasis
Use 'crapshoot' to stress the lack of control over an outcome, highlighting unpredictability.
Planning an outdoor wedding in April is a crapshoot because of the weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
'Crapshoot' is informal and best suited for casual conversations, not formal situations.
Starting a food truck in this economy is a crapshoot, but I'm willing to try.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
The outcome of a 'crapshoot' can be unexpectedly good or bad, so it's neutral on its own.
This audition feels like a crapshoot — could be my big break or another letdown.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability Emphasis
Use 'crapshoot' to stress the lack of control over an outcome, highlighting unpredictability.
Planning an outdoor wedding in April is a crapshoot because of the weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Tone
'Crapshoot' is informal and best suited for casual conversations, not formal situations.
Starting a food truck in this economy is a crapshoot, but I'm willing to try.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
The outcome of a 'crapshoot' can be unexpectedly good or bad, so it's neutral on its own.
This audition feels like a crapshoot — could be my big break or another letdown.
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Video examples
A future beyond traffic...
to my office in Dearborn Michigan and every night I go home my commute is a total crapshoot and I often have to leave the freeway and look for different ways for me to try and make it home but very soon we're gonna see the days when cars are essentially talking to each other so if the car ahead of me and I 94
Video examples
Bill Ford: A future...
And every night I go home, my commute is a total crapshoot. And I often have to leave the freeway and look for different ways for me to try and make it home. But very soon we're going to see the days when cars are essentially talking to each other.
Video examples
Jungle Search PIPE Explorer
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Video examples
A future beyond traffic...
to my office in Dearborn Michigan and every night I go home my commute is a total crapshoot and I often have to leave the freeway and look for different ways for me to try and make it home but very soon we're gonna see the days when cars are essentially talking to each other so if the car ahead of me and I 94
Video examples
Bill Ford: A future...
And every night I go home, my commute is a total crapshoot. And I often have to leave the freeway and look for different ways for me to try and make it home. But very soon we're going to see the days when cars are essentially talking to each other.
Video examples
Jungle Search PIPE Explorer
kind of like mowing the lawn maybe just go back and forth and back and forth having no idea whether or not this was gonna work this is really a crapshoot the scan begins
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Quote examples
Jason Bateman
American Actor
I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department.
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Elisabeth Shue
American Actress
Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience.
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Gerrit Cole
American Athlete
I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.
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Derek Jeter
American Baseball Player
The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.
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Famke Janssen
Dutch Actress
You don't ever know with films. You just hope for the best, but sometimes it's a bit of a crapshoot.
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Simon Baker
Australian Actor
Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.
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Gene Weingarten
American Journalist
The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.
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David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.
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George Murray
Canadian Poet
It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
It's a crapshoot, publishing.
Quote examples
Jason Bateman
American Actor
I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department.
Quote examples
Elisabeth Shue
American Actress
Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience.
Quote examples
Gerrit Cole
American Athlete
I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't watch enough baseball.
Quote examples
Derek Jeter
American Baseball Player
The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.
Quote examples
Famke Janssen
Dutch Actress
You don't ever know with films. You just hope for the best, but sometimes it's a bit of a crapshoot.
Quote examples
Simon Baker
Australian Actor
Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.
Quote examples
Gene Weingarten
American Journalist
The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.
Quote examples
David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.
Quote examples
George Murray
Canadian Poet
It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway.
Quote examples
Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
It's a crapshoot, publishing.
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