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lucky
1[ luhk-ee ]
lucky
2[ luhk-ee ]
noun
- a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, especially a grandmother; granny.
- a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid.
lucky
/ ˈʌɪ /
adjective
- having or bringing good fortune
- happening by chance, esp as desired
Derived Forms
- ˈܳ쾱Ա, noun
- ˈܳ쾱, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܳi·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see born under a lucky star ; strike it rich (lucky) ; thank one's lucky stars .Example Sentences
“I’m lucky to even be able to play.”
Back on shore, my instructor said I was lucky.
I always wanted to tour and I was very lucky that I was doing “Ted Lasso” so regularly and that was taking up pretty much all of my year.
"I thank my lucky stars every day, every moment for this because it's a writer's dream to write something that means something to people and then that means something to people years later, decades later."
"If that happens, I will consider myself very lucky. How many people can say that they met two Popes at the same time?"
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Someone or something that is lucky has or is marked by good luck. How is lucky different from happy or fortunate? Find out on .
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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