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Fluke   /fluk/   Listen
noun
Fluke  n.  
1.
(Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. (Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk)
2.
(Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays.
3.
(Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.


Fluke  n.  
1.
The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
2.
(Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
3.
An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
4.
An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. (Cant, Eng.)


verb
Fluke  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. fluked; pres. part. fluking)  To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. (Slang)





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"Fluke" Quotes from Famous Books



... men, Horace House!" cried Mr. Fox. The next moment every one was shoving and elbowing with their eyes fixed on the ball as it flew through the air. It dropped in exactly the right place, and Jack Vance, by some happy fluke, kicked it just as it touched the ground. Like a big round shot it whizzed through the posts, and there was ...
— The Triple Alliance • Harold Avery
... board. She had no masts, but the sails were hoisted on huge triangles, which could be lowered at pleasure. Her anchor, too, was of curious construction: it consisted of a tough, hooked piece of timber, which served as the fluke or hook, being strengthened by twisted ratans, which bound it to the shank; while the stock was formed of a large flat stone, also secured by ratans to the shank. I observed that all the crew were armed; and on a small piece of timber in the bows a small swivel gun was placed, ...
— In the Eastern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston
... in a tone of great surprise. "So it is!" He leaped out and came around to Juliet's side. "What a fluke!" But the happy laugh ...
— The Indifference of Juliet • Grace S. Richmond
... wanted? That one little flash of inspiration she'd had, that had resulted in the twelve costumes for the sextette—where had it come from? How had she happened on it? Wasn't it, perhaps, just a fluke that never could be repeated? During those wonderful days she had had antennae out everywhere, bringing her impressions, suggestions from the unlikeliest objects. Now they were all drawn in and the part of her mind that had responded to them ...
— The Real Adventure • Henry Kitchell Webster
... magnificent game if played on honor. An English tennis champion was lately playing a rubber game with the American champion. They were even and near the end when the American made a bad fluke which would have lost this country its championship. The English player, scorning to win on an accident, intentionally made a similar mistake that the best man might win. The chief evil of modern American football which now threatens its ...
— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall


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