crapshoot

crapshoot
/krap"shooht'/, n., v., crapshot, crapshooting.
n.
1. Informal. anything unpredictable, risky, or problematical; gamble.
v.i.
2. to play craps.
3. Informal. to take risks; gamble.
[1970-75; CRAP2 + SHOOT]

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