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fluky

[ floo-kee ]

adjective

flukier, flukiest.
  1. obtained by chance rather than skill.
  2. uncertain, as a wind.


fluky

/ ˈڱːɪ /

adjective

  1. done or gained by an accident, esp a lucky one
  2. variable; uncertain

    fluky weather

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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱܰ쾱Ա, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڱܰi·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluky1

First recorded in 1865–70; fluke 2 + -y 1( def )
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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.

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“Three goals, three fluky bounces, but sometimes that’s the way it goes.”

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There was nothing fluky about this victory, in which UW advanced the ball with ease on nearly every possession.

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Maybe that game really was just one of the fluky things that can happen in an NFL season — and it just happened to happen on Week 1.

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Maybe that game really was just one of the fluky things that can happen in an NFL season — and it just happened to happen on week one.

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