crap-shooter

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• crap-shooter — noun a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps • Syn: ↑shooter • Derivationally related forms: ↑shoot (for: ↑shooter) • Hypernyms: ↑gambler …   Useful english dictionary

• crap — I. intransitive verb (crapped; crapping) Date: 1846 usually vulgar defecate II. noun Etymology: British dialect crap, craps residue from rendered fat, from Middle English crappe, perhaps from Old French crappe chaff, residue, from Medieval Latin… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crapshooter — noun a gambler who plays the game of craps • Hypernyms: ↑gambler * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: crap (V) + shooter : one that plays craps * * * /krap shooh teuhr/, n. 1. a person who plays craps …   Useful english dictionary

• gambler — noun 1. a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑gamble • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• crapshooter — /krap shooh teuhr/, n. 1. a person who plays craps. 2. Informal. a person inclined to take gambles or risks. [1890 95, Amer.; CRAP + SHOOTER] * * * …   Universalium

• adventurer — Synonyms and related words: adventuress, alpinist, astronaut, betting ring, bettor, big operator, boneshaker, bounder, bourgeois gentilhomme, brazenface, cad, camper, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, charlatan, cheat, climber, comers and goers …   Moby Thesaurus

• bettor — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, betting ring, boneshaker, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, gambler, gamester, hazarder, petty gambler, piker, player, plunger, punter, sharp, sharper, sharpie, speculator …   Moby Thesaurus

• cardsharp — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, bunco artist, bunco steerer, cardshark, cardsharper, carpetbagger, compulsive gambler, con artist, con man, confidence man, crap shooter, crimp, gambler, gamester, hazarder …   Moby Thesaurus

• gambler — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, gamester, hazarder, petty gambler, piker, player, plunger, punter, sharp, sharper, sharpie, speculator …   Moby Thesaurus

• piker — Synonyms and related words: Arab, adventurer, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, betting ring, bettor, bo, boneshaker, bum, bummer, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, cheapskate, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, dogie, drifter, floater, gambler,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• player — Synonyms and related words: Roscius, actor, actress, adventurer, amateur athlete, antagonist, archer, artist, artiste, athlete, bad guy, ballplayer, barnstormer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, betting ring, bettor, blocking back,… …   Moby Thesaurus