fluke
11fluke — 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] …
12Fluke — es un grupo de música británico, formado originalmente por Jon Fugler, Mike Tournier y Mike Bryant a finales de los 80 …
13fluke — [n] chance occurrence accident, blessing, break, contingency, fortuity, fortunate, fortune, good fortune*, good luck, incident, lucky break*, odd chance, quirk, stroke of luck*, windfall; concepts 4,679,693 Ant. certainty, design, plan …
14fluke — ► NOUN ▪ a lucky chance occurrence. ► VERB ▪ achieve by luck rather than skill. DERIVATIVES fluky (also flukey) adjective. ORIGIN perhaps a dialect word …
15fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… …
16Fluke — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Fluke peut faire référence à : Fluke, un groupe de musique électronique Fluke, un roman écrit par James Herbert, publié en 1977 Fluke, un film sorti… …
17fluke — n. (colloq.) stroke of luck 1) a pure fluke 2) by a fluke (he won by a fluke) * * * [fluːk] (colloq.) [ stroke of luck ] a pure fluke by a fluke (he won by a fluke) …
18fluke — {{11}}fluke (1) flat end of an arm of an anchor, 1560s, perhaps from FLUKE (Cf. fluke) (3) on resemblance of shape, or from Low Ger. flügel wing. Meaning whale s tail (in plural, flukes) is 1725. {{12}}fluke (2) lucky stroke, chance hit, 1857,… …
19fluke — I [[t]fluk[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm 2) the barbed head of a harpoon, spear, arrow, etc 3) zool. either half of the triangular tail of a whale • …
20fluke — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a lucky accident (won by a fluke). 2 a chance breeze. v.tr. achieve by a fluke (fluked that shot). Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. dial. fluke guess 2. n. 1 any parasitic flatworm of the class Digenea or Monogenea, including liver… …
