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- [flook]
- /fluk/
- /fluːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flook]
- /fluk/
Definitions of fluke word
- noun fluke Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck. 2
- noun fluke any of several American flounders of the genus Paralichthys, especially P. dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean. 1
- noun fluke any of various other flatfishes. 1
- noun fluke a trematode. 1
- noun fluke lucky occurrence 1
- noun fluke chance occurrence 1
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Origin of fluke
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; perhaps special use of fluke3
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Parts of speech for Fluke
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fluke popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fluke usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fluke
noun fluke
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
adjective fluke
- incidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- luck out — 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.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
Antonyms for fluke
noun fluke
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
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