Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crapshoot

2 senses of crapshoot

Sense 1
crapshoot -- (a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot")
       => risk, peril, danger -- (a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing")

Sense 2
crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game -- (playing craps)
       => craps -- (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)