1
: a stroke of luck
the discovery was a fluke
Her second championship shows that the first one was no mere fluke.
2
: an accidentally successful stroke at billiards or pool
1
: flatfish
2
: a flattened digenetic trematode worm
broadly
: trematode compare liver fluke
1
: the part of an anchor that fastens in the ground see anchor illustration
2
: one of the lobes of a whale's tail
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Noun (1)
the discovery of oil on their property was just an amazing fluke
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This effect was sparked by a historical fluke: a cluster of deaths of 27-year-old musicians within a two-year period.
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Despite a fluke 116-win season in 2001, the Mariners then missed the playoffs for an unfathomable 20 straight years.
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Noun
The results of this election seem to confirm the idea that, far from the aberration or fluke that many observers have portrayed him as being, Trump captures and reflects the American spirit, at this moment in history, far more accurately than his meritocratic, elite, Establishment foes.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Science & Medicine What military doctors can teach us about power in the United States
May 16, 2024
This effect was sparked by a historical fluke: a cluster of deaths of 27-year-old musicians within a two-year period.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Despite a fluke 116-win season in 2001, the Mariners then missed the playoffs for an unfathomable 20 straight years.
—David Faris, theweek, 5 Sep. 2024
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s uneasy Game 1 start a fluke or a worrying sign?
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Fluke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluke. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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fluke
1 of 3 noun
: any of various trematode flatworms compare liver fluke
fluke
2 of 3 noun1
: the part of an anchor that digs into the ground
2
: a barbed head (as of a harpoon)
3
: one of the lobes of a whale's tail
fluke
3 of 3 noun
: a stroke of good luck
won by a fluke
fluky
adjective
ˈflü-kē
Medical Definition
fluke
noun
: a flattened digenetic trematode worm
broadly
: trematode see liver fluke
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