Definitions
parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Word origin
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. Possibly derived from German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”).
Used in a sentence
“We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.”
““[…] That's the first time in the history of Bierce's Cove that two men made that jump on the same sea. And all the risk was yours, coming last.” “It was a fluke,” Billy insisted.”
“Three of the best hitters in the Eastern retired on nine strikes! That was no fluke.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Lucky accident”5 letters
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