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fluke
1[ flook ]
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
2[ flook ]
noun
- an accidental advantage; stroke of good luck:
He got the job by a fluke.
- an accident or chance happening.
- an accidentally successful stroke, as in billiards.
fluke
3[ flook ]
noun
- any of several American flounders of the genus Paralichthys, especially P. dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean.
- any of various other flatfishes.
- a trematode.
fluke
1/ fluːk /
noun
- Also calledflue a flat bladelike projection at the end of the arm of an anchor
- either of the two lobes of the tail of a whale or related animal
- Also calledflue the barb or barbed head of a harpoon, arrow, etc
fluke
2/ fluːk /
noun
- any parasitic flatworm, such as the blood fluke and liver fluke, of the classes Monogenea and Digenea (formerly united in a single class Trematoda )
- another name for flounder 2
fluke
3/ fluːk /
noun
- an accidental stroke of luck
- any chance happening
verb
- tr to gain, make, or hit by a fluke
fluke
/ flo̅o̅k /
- Either of the two flattened fins of a whale's tail.
- See trematode
Other Words From
- flukeless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluke2
Origin of fluke3
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluke1
Origin of fluke2
Origin of fluke3
Example Sentences
Still, DoorDash must prove that its growth during the pandemic was no fluke.
In 1989 a meteorological fluke helped Ken Lohmann, a biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, confirm that hatchlings use waves as a guide.
These were not flukes, either — San Diego and Chicago finished the season ranked Nos.
Republicans think Brindisi’s win was a fluke, and now he has a record they can wield to try to pin him as a standard Democrat.
For me, that is a lot of similar results for this to be a fluke.
In 1989, a newly registered Republican in Louisiana named David Duke won his only election by a fluke.
It was a cheer that we got for something that was a complete fluke.
“Sandra Fluke Aborts Congressional Bid,” read another headline on Breitbart after Fluke opted to run instead for the state Senate.
From the moment the word was out that Fluke was considering a run for office, she was the subject of right-wing side-eye.
Having her as our guest was a fluke of Divine Order and a true example of Ask and You shall receive.
We anchored on the north side of the former, but broke the fluke, from the rocky nature of the bottom.
(a) Flatworms are sometimes parasitic, examples being the tapeworm and liver fluke.
Such is seen in the life history of the liver fluke, a flatworm which kills sheep, and in the tapeworm.
If I thought he meant the boy any harm he'd get his nose rove foul in the shake of a fluke.
Fluke worms, therefore, can never be regarded as a cause of rot, they must be looked upon merely as a symptom.
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