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luck
1[ luhk ]
noun
- the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance:
He had no luck finding work.
- a combination of circumstances, events, etc., operating by chance to bring good or ill to a person:
She's had nothing but bad luck all year.
- some object on which good fortune is supposed to depend:
This rabbit's foot is my luck.
verb phrase
- to have an instance or run of exceptionally good luck:
He lucked out when he made a hole in one during the tournament.
- to meet, acquire, become, etc., by good luck:
She lucked into a great job.
- to come across by chance:
to luck upon a profitable investment.
Łuck
2[ lootsk; Polish wootsk ]
noun
- Polish name of Lutsk.
luck
/ lʌk /
noun
- events that are beyond control and seem subject to chance; fortune
- success or good fortune
- something considered to bring good luck
- down on one's luckhaving little or no good luck to the point of suffering hardships
- no such luck informal.unfortunately not
- try one's luckto attempt something that is uncertain
Word History and Origins
Origin of luck1
Word History and Origins
Origin of luck1
Idioms and Phrases
- down on one's luck, in unfortunate circumstances; unlucky:
She hated to see her old friend so down on her luck.
- in luck, lucky; fortunate:
We were in luck, for the bakery was still open.
- luck of the draw, the luck one has in or as if in drawing cards.
- out of luck, unlucky; unfortunate:
When it comes to getting World Series tickets, we're usually out of luck.
- push one's luck, Informal. to try to make too much of an opportunity; go too far. Also crowd one's luck.
More idioms and phrases containing luck
- as luck would have it
- beginner's luck
- down on one's luck
- good luck
- hard luck
- in luck
- out of luck
- push one's luck
- run of luck
- take pot luck
- tough break (luck)
- try one's hand (luck)
Example Sentences
And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “Chandelier” out of your head.
The Horse You Came in On Saloon, Baltimore Horse-themed bars must be bad luck for famous authors.
Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
But good luck convincing other countries that the case against North Korea is airtight.
The story follows a down on his luck family man named Bill Scanlon (Wes Bentley), who takes to stealing after losing his job.
G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.
I wouldn't go on if I were you, sir; the luck's dead against you to-night; I wouldn't go on, indeed I wouldn't.
Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.
By bad luck d'Amade was away, up in the front trenches, and I could not well deliver myself to des Coigns.
Well, we must try our luck with a regulation sabre; they can't well refuse it; ours is the stronger and bigger man.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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