Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resulting from or depending on mere chance.
- adjective Constantly shifting; uncertain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Uncertain; shifty: said of the wind. Also
flooky . - Formed like or having a fluke or flukes.
- Of the nature of a fluke or lucky chance; obtained by chance rather than by skill.
- Also
flooky .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Formed like, or having, a fluke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative spelling of
flukey .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subject to accident or chance or change
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Doug Weight beat Gerber with a wrist shot from the slot while on the power play at 3: 53 and Demitra increased the lead in fluky fashion.
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Bentley won office in what Powell and Stewart both describe as a fluky election.
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Clippard's latest vultured win was kind of fluky, but what happened once he left was not.
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I arrived nearly a week ago to the kind of fluky shirtsleeve temperatures that sometimes visit the winter Rockies.
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"Their first goal was kind of fluky," Thornton said.
USATODAY.com 2003
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"The few goals Montreal scored were kind of fluky, but I was pleased with the way they played," said Sharks coach Ron Wilson, whose team outshot Montreal, 18-10, over the final 24 minutes.
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"They weren't exactly the prettiest of goals, kind of fluky ones that squeaked in, but we can't sit and pout and feel sorry for ourselves," Detroit forward Todd Bertuzzi said.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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Mr James said it was "quite an extraordinary achievement" that almost 90 per cent of companies had been profitable, considering the "fluky" business conditions in the second half of the 2009 calendar year.
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Public enemy #1 for many Met fans, Rollins's home run power surge during 2006-2007 looks kind of fluky given his HR / FB\% during that span.
Amazin' Avenue 2009
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He lost control on the fastest section of the course, traveling at over 120 kilometers per hour, or 75 miles per hour, after what he termed a combination of "fluky" developments, including flat light, an unexpected bump, an ill-timed collision with a gate and soft snow just off the icy track that caught one of his ski tips.
International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2009
minouchette commented on the word fluky
funny, odd, different
October 8, 2010