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- Dictionaryfluke/flo͞ok/
noun
- 1. a parasitic flatworm which typically has suckers and hooks for attachment to the host. Some species are of veterinary or medical importance.
- 2. a flatfish, especially a flounder. dialect North American
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1. : a stroke of luck. the discovery was a fluke. Her second championship shows that the first one was no mere fluke. 2. : an accidentally successful stroke at billiards or pool. fluke. 2 of 3. noun (2) 1. : flatfish. 2. : a flattened digenetic trematode worm. broadly : trematode compare liver fluke. fluke. 3 of 3. noun (3) 1.
something that happens, usually something good, that is the result of chance instead of skill or planning: The first goal was just a fluke. sheer fluke I heard about the sale by sheer fluke. fluke of nature If you got rich by some fluke of nature that doesn't make you brilliant. More examples. Fewer examples.
FLUKE meaning: 1. something that happens, usually something good, that is the result of chance instead of skill or…. Learn more.
A fluke is an unexpected stroke of good luck. It was a fluke to find that fifty dollar bill on the ground, and it made you smile for the rest of the day. The word fluke was first used in 1857 in reference to a lucky shot at billiards.
If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally.
FLUKE definition: something good that happens only because of luck or chance: . Learn more.
Definition of fluke noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fluke definition, the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, especially the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See more.
fluke meaning, definition, what is fluke: something good that happens because of l...: Learn more.
noun. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, especially the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. either half of the triangular tail of a whale. fluke.
