fluke
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5.1
- noun
- /fluːk/
- I got this job on a fluke.
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Watch on YouTubeWhat makes you rich is a fluke, a fluke of the time you live in.
- What makes you rich is a fluke, a fluke of the time you live in.
- And this is so I got well through this like total fluke situation.
- It was a fluke, a freak occurrence.
- That's that's just like an extreme fluke.
- But and that just might have been a fluke.
- This project came about as a sort of fluke.
- But that that's numbers show something isn't a fluke.
- But that is, I guess that that's just a fluke.
- I totally disdain the other way of thinking that it's just a fluke.
- It was in instances that just like way beyond the possibility of just like a statistical fluke, right?
Examples
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What a fluke that you two plumbers just showed up.
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It was just a total fluke.
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What makes you rich is a fluke, a fluke of the time you live in.
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We we had a situation at the T where through a fluke we were able to hire part time workers.
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Well, it was a real "fluke" that I found this book!
Blog text (17) -
I had so little screen time and I thought it was one of those, just a fluke, but I was grateful for it.
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On the seventh hole, by pure fluke, I hit a hole in one.
Academic text (1991) -
By sheer fluke, she was cast in a college production of Aristophanes' The Clouds.
Fiction book (2001) -
Winning the lottery was a total fluke that changed his life forever.
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Her promotion at work was just a lucky fluke after the previous candidate dropped out.
Synonyms
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1.0
A force that makes good or bad things happen by chance
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1.0
A fortunate event that happens by chance
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2.5
A lucky event or success that happens by chance
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5.1
A large amount of money that you get unexpectedly
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3.2
A sudden chance that helps you succeed
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3.9
Good luck that happens by chance, not because you worked for it
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7.9
A happy chance event that brings good results
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8.5
A chance event that seems planned but is actually an accident
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3.2
A sudden lucky event that brings good results
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3.4
An event that happens by accident and is not planned
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7.5
Very good luck that happens by chance and seems undeserved
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9.1
An unexpected event that happens by chance
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3.9
A lucky unexpected event that brings something good
An unexpected good thing that happens by chance
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Etymology
Fluke meaning an unexpected stroke of luck may come from the name of a flat fish also called a 'fluke', and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine catching that fish by chance, which is a lucky event.