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Fluke

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Noun

1. fluke, good fortune, good luck

a stroke of luck

2. fluke

a barb on a harpoon or arrow

3. flue, fluke

flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor

4. fluke

either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean

5. fluke, trematode, trematode worm

parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fluke

see synonyms of fluke
noun
1. Also called: flue
a flat bladelike projection at the end of the arm of an anchor
2. 
either of the two lobes of the tail of a whale or related animal
3. Also called: flue
the barb or barbed head of a harpoon, arrow, etc
noun
1. 
an accidental stroke of luck
2. 
any chance happening
verb
3. (transitive)
to gain, make, or hit by a fluke
noun
1. 
any parasitic flatworm, such as the blood fluke and liver fluke, of the classes Monogenea and Digenea (formerly united in a single class Trematoda)
2.  another name for flounder2 (sense 1)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fluke

see synonyms of fluke
noun
1.  Slang, Obsolete
an accidentally good or lucky stroke in billiards, pool, etc.
2.  Informal
a result, esp. a successful one, brought about by accident; stroke of luck
verb transitiveWord forms: fluked or ˈfluking
3.  Informal
to hit or get by a fluke
noun
1. 
any of various flatfishes, esp. a genus (Paralichthys) of flounders
2. 
trematode
noun
1. 
a pointed part of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground
2.  US
a barb or barbed head of an arrow, harpoon, etc.
3. 
either of the two lobes of a whale's tail

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fluke

see synonyms of fluke
n.
1. Any of numerous parasitic flatworms, including the trematodes, some of which infect humans, and the monogeneans, which are chiefly ectoparasites of fish.
2. Any of various flatfishes chiefly of the genus Paralichthys, especially the summer flounder.
n.
1. Nautical The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
2. A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.
3. Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.
n.
1. A chance occurrence: That spring snowstorm was a total fluke.
2. Games An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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