fluke
Meaning
Synonyms
stroke of luck
lucky shot
bonheur
hen fish
bull’s eye
Translations
chiripa
coup de chance
glücklicher Zufall
colpo di fortuna
acaso feliz
ankerbladFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fluːk/
Etymology
In summary
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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