fluke
noun
1. a stroke of luck
Definition categories: phenomenon, fortune, luck
2. a barb on a harpoon or arrow
Definition categories: man–made, barb
3. flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
Similar word(s): flue
Definition categories: man–made, projection
4. either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
Definition categories: animal, tail
5. parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Similar word(s): trematode
Definition categories: animal, flatworm, platyhelminth
Sentences with fluke as a noun:
- The first goal was just a fluke.
- The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
- The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
verb
1. To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
- I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
2. (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
- He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.