fluky
Americanadjective
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obtained by chance rather than skill.
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uncertain, as a wind.
adjective
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done or gained by an accident, esp a lucky one
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variable; uncertain
fluky weather
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fluky
First recorded in 1865–70; fluke 2 + -y 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Two-hit wonders” are the subject of Slate’s latest Hit Parade podcast, where host Chris Molanphy counts down his favorite fluky examples.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Perhaps it’s crossed Aronofsky’s mind that if audiences do dig the fluky adventures of Hank Thompson, Huston has written two more books in the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Had it not been for a fluky step two nights before in Boston, Jarred Vanderbilt would’ve been the Laker tasked with stopping Brunson, the team’s rangy long-armed forward usually drawing the toughest defensive assignments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
New Orleans got as close as 24-21 before Carr lost a fumble on a fluky play in which guard James Hurst knocked the ball from the quarterback’s hands.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
Fluky about her own name at twelve, how much more fluky she’d become since then Macon could only guess.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
But Dallas had a fourth straight game without creating a turnover, making the seven in just two games before that look flukier by the week.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2019
John Daly’s flukier injury: John Daly hawking merch in a Hooters parking lot down the road from Augusta National’s gates has become its own Masters tradition.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 10, 2018
The deeper we get into this season the more I am convinced the Canadiens making the Cup Final last year was the flukiest thing to ever happen in hockey.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
As with so many start-up stories, the flukiest stroke of luck decided the company’s fate.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2018
And he breaks back, though in the flukiest of circumstances, hitting one off the frame of his racket, the ball flying hysterically off to the right but somehow dropping on the right-hand line.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016
O’Connor allowed the flukiest of goals in the Providence game, a goal that energized the Friars, turned around the championship and prompted his gut-wrenching postgame apology.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2015
The impetus and direction of Rose's career derived from two incidents that might just as well not have happened—two of the flukiest of small chances.
From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
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