Meaning

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated..

Definitions by Sense

1. A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
2. To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
3. (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
4. A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
5. A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).
6. (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
7. Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
8. A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.

Example Sentences

We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.

“[…] That's the first time in the history of Bierce's Cove that two men made that jump on the same sea. And all the risk was yours, coming last.” “It was a fluke,” Billy insisted.

Three of the best hitters in the Eastern retired on nine strikes! That was no fluke.

"And I say," said Wimsey, "that it would be better for her to be hanged outright than to live and have everybody think her a murderess who got off by a fluke."

It's Christmas at ground zero / Now the missiles are on their way / What a crazy fluke / We're gonna get nuked / On this jolly holiday

And before I forget... that was one amazing kiss, mister. Could have been a fluke, though. Guess we have to keep trying.

That this was not just a fluke was proved by a further profit the following year, albeit cut due to industrial action - jam at last!

I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.

Word Forms

• flukes
• fluking
• fluked
• fluke

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