fluke
21fluke — I. noun Etymology: Middle English floke, fluke, from Old English flōc; akin to Old English flōh chip, Old High German flah smooth, Greek plax flat surface, and probably to Old English flōr floor more at floor Date: before 12th century 1. flatfish …
22fluke — [[t]flu͟ːk[/t]] flukes N COUNT: usu sing, also by N If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged. [INFORMAL] The discovery was something of a fluke... By sheer fluke,… …
23fluke — UK [fluːk] / US [fluk] noun [countable] Word forms fluke : singular fluke plural flukes informal something that happens unexpectedly because of an accident or good luck I think their last win was just a fluke. Derived word: fluky adjective Word… …
24fluke — 1. noun a) A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated. The first goal was just a fluke. b) Either of the two lobes of a whales or similar creatures tail. The dolphin had an open wound on the… …
25fluke — Common name for members of the class Trematoda (phylum Platyhelminthes). All flukes of mammals (subclass Digenea) are internal parasites in the adult stage and are characterized by complex digenetic life cycles involving a …
26Fluke — Schwanzflosse; Glückstreffer (Billard) * * * Flu|ke 〈f. 19; Zool.〉 querstehende Schwanzflosse des Wals [<engl. fluke, vielleicht <aengl. floc „flach“] * * * Flu|ke, die; , n [engl. fluke, H. u.]: quer stehende Schwanzflosse des Wals …
27Fluke — If something great happened to you by chance that would be a fluke. When I was a kid my Mum lost her engagement ring on the beach and only realised half way home. We went back to the spot and she found it in the sand. That was a fluke …
28fluke — I. /fluk / (say floohk) noun 1. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm of an anchor, which catches in the ground. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, etc. 3. either half of the triangular tail of a whale. {? special use of… …
29fluke — monogenetic trematode parasites common on fishes, of various taxa (such as Gyrodactylus spp., Dactylogyrus spp.). These flukes anchor in the skin, fins and gills often causing excessive mucus secretion. Fish exhibit flashing, scratching, fraying… …
30Fluke — Flu|ke die; , n <aus gleichbed. engl. fluke, weitere Herkunft ungeklärt> quer stehende Schwanzflosse des Wales …
