fluke
Betekenis (Engels)
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A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
Sinonieme
stroke of luck
lucky shot
bonheur
hen fish
bull’s eye
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/fluːk/
Etimologie (Engels)
Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly.
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