fluke

The definition of a fluke is an odd occurrence that happens and is unlikely to be repeated.

(noun)

An example of a fluke is a snowstorm in July.

See fluke in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME floke < OE floc, akin to ON floki < IE base *plāg-, broad, flat > flag, Ger flach, flat, level

noun

Origin: prob. < fluke, with reference to shape

noun

Slang an accidentally good or lucky stroke in billiards, pool, etc.
Informal a result, esp. a successful one, brought about by accident; stroke of luck

Origin: < ?

transitive verb fluked, fluking

Informal to hit or get by a fluke

See fluke in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English flōc; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots

noun

Nautical The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.
Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from fluke¹

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