Fluke
- Fluke
If something great happened to you by chance that would be a fluke. When I was a kid my Mum lost her engagement ring on the beach and only realised half way home. We went back to the spot and she found it in the sand. That was a fluke.
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Fluke — eines Buckelwals Zum Verg … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fluke — may refer to:* Flounder, type of flatfish * Fluke (band), electronic dance music group * Fluke , 1995 film * Fluke (novel), 1977 novel * Fluke Corporation, manufacturer of electrical and electronic test equipment * Fluke, or, I Know Why the… … Wikipedia
Fluke — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Fluke puede referirse a: La película Fluke, dirigida por Carlo Carlei en 1995. El grupo musical británico Fluke. Obtenido de Fluke Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación … Wikipedia Español
Fluke — (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See {Anchor}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale s tail, so called from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fluke — Fluke, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluking}.] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fluke — может относиться к: Fluke (группа), музыкальный коллектив в жанре electronic dance англ.), фильм 1995 г. Fluke (новелла), новелла 1977 г. Корпорация Fluke, производитель электрического и электронного испытательного оборудования … Википедия
Fluke — (fl[=u]k or fl[=oo]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any American… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fluke — [flu:k] n informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Origin unknown.] something good that happens because of luck ▪ He agreed that the second goal was a fluke. >fluky flukey adj ▪ a fluky win … Dictionary of contemporary English
fluke — [ fluk ] noun count INFORMAL something that happens unexpectedly because of an accident or good luck: I think their last win was just a fluke. ╾ fluk|y adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fluke — fluke; fluke·less; … English syllables
fluke — fluke1 [flo͞ok] n. [ME floke < OE floc, akin to ON floki < IE base * plāg , broad, flat > FLAG2, Ger flach, flat, level] 1. any of various flatfishes, esp. a genus (Paralichthys) of flounders 2. TREMATODE fluke2 [flo͞ok] … English World dictionary