Usually means: Attempt with uncertain outcome, guess.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word shot in the dark:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. shot in the dark, the shot in the dark: Merriam-Webster
  2. shot in the dark: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shot in the dark: Wiktionary
  4. shot in the dark: Dictionary.com
  5. Shot in the Dark (Ozzy Osbourne song), Shot in the Dark (TV series), Shot in the Dark (album), Shot in the Dark (disambiguation), Shot in the Dark (song), Shot in the Dark, Shot in the dark (drink), Shot in the dark: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. shot in the dark: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Shot in the dark: Phrase Finder

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shot in the dark: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shot in the dark: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shot in the Dark: A Seattle Lexicon
  2. shot in the dark: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shot in the dark)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

Similar:
wild guess, leap in the dark, snap judgment, long shot, twithought, dog's chance, dark, unsuspicion, blind alley, unknown, more...

Opposite:
calculated risk, informed decision, deliberate action

Types:
buckshot, birdshot, slug, more...

Phrases:
a shot in the dark, more than a shot in the dark, more...

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Similar:
wild guess, leap in the dark, snap judgment, long shot, twithought, dog's chance, dark, unsuspicion, blind alley, unknown, more...

Opposite:
calculated risk, informed decision, deliberate action

Types:
buckshot, birdshot, slug, more...

Phrases:
a shot in the dark, more than a shot in the dark, more...



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