luck
/lʌk//lʌk/
luck noun: something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
Noun
luck (usually uncountable, plural lucks)
- Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
- The raffle is just a matter of luck.
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
- A favourable chance occurrence.
- Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
- I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
- A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
- He blew on the dice for luck.
- I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
- Synonyms:
- fortune
- Success.
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
- He has a lot of luck with the ladies. Perhaps it's because of his new motorbike.
- The results of a random number generator.
- The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.
Verb
luck (third-person singular simple present lucks, present participle lucking, simple past and past participle lucked)
- To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.
- I lucked upon a seat, settled in, nodded off and 20 minutes later heard my name being called by the admitting nurse.2004 December, The Crisis, volume 111, page 50
- But then I lucked on a backpackers' lodge lying half-hidden behind some trees right next to the road. It was a considerable relief to both my mind and my muscles.2010, Riaan Manser, Around Africa On My Bicycle
Proper noun capitalized: Luck
Luck
- A surname transferred from the given name.
luck meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
luck in Hindi
- something that happens to someone by chance
- भाग्य bhāgya, सौभाग्य saubhāgya
luck in Tamil
- something that happens to someone by chance
- அதிட்டம் atiṭṭam
luck in Marathi
- luck, fate, fortune
- नशीब naśīb
- luck
- सुदैव sudaiv
luck in Urdu
- something that happens to someone by chance
- قسمت qismat, تقدیر taqdīr
More languagesFewer languages
- luck in Bengali
- ভাগ্য bhaggo
- luck in Telugu
- అదృష్టం adr̥ṣṭaṁ
- luck in Malayalam
- അദൃഷ്ടം adr̥ṣṭaṁ
- luck in Kannada
- ಅದೃಷ್ಟ, ಯೋಗ, ಹಣೆಯ ಬರಹ, ವಿಧಿ
- luck in Punjabi
- قسمت qismat, ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ qismat, ਬਰਾਤ barāt, دن din
- luck in Odia
- ଭାଗ୍ୟ bhāgya
- luck in Sanskrit
- भाग्य bhāgya, स्वस्ति svastí
- luck in Sinhala
- වාසනාව wāsanāwa
- luck in Tagalog
- suwerte
- luck in Arabic
- حَظّ ḥaẓẓ, بَخْت baḵt
- luck in Malay
- tuah
- luck in Indonesian
- keberuntungan
- luck in Persian
- شانس šâns
- luck in Thai
- โชค chôok
- luck in Vietnamese
- may mắn, vận may, vận
- luck in Myanmar
- ကံ kam
Examples of luck in a sentence
- He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
- He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know.
- I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
Synonyms of luck
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Forms of luck
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lucks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lucks |
| present participle | lucking |
| past participle | lucked |
| past | lucked |
Origin of luck
From Middle English luk, lukke, from Middle Dutch luc, geluc, gelucke (“good luck, fortune”) or Middle Low German lücke, gelücke (“lot, fortune, fate, luck”), of obscure origin; perhaps ultimately related to German Lücke (“gap, opening”) in the sense of "space or opportunity", hence "chance". Cognate with West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch luk, geluk (“luck, happiness”), Dutch Low Saxon luk (“luck”), German Low German and German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke (“luck, happiness”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke (“luck, happiness”), Swedish lycka (“luck, happiness”), Icelandic lukka (“happiness”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock. A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term), Middle Dutch luc, gelucke has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke ("luck, skill, chance, profession, livelihood"; whence Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki, derived from Proto-Germanic *lukjǭ (“opening”). The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to...
From the given name Luke.
Words formed from luck
- luck in
- luck into
- luck out
- luck through
- as luck may have it
- as luck would have it
- bad luck
- beginner's luck
- be in luck
- best of British luck
- best of luck
- better luck next time
- break luck
- chuck-a-luck
- devil's luck
- down on one's luck
- down upon one's luck
- dumb luck
- fisherman's luck
- good luck
- hard luck
- hard-luck
- hard-luck story
- here's luck
- ill luck
- ill-luck
- just my luck
- lady luck
- luck ball
- luckbox
- luck dragon
- lucker
- luckful
- luckless
- luckling
- luck money
- luck of the devil
- luck of the draw
- luck of the Irish
- luck penny
- lucksome
- lucky
- lucky break
- make one's own luck
- misluck
- no such luck
- one for luck
- out of luck
- piece of luck
- pot-luck
- potluck
- pot luck
- press one's luck
- push one's luck
- ride one's luck
- shit luck
- shit out of luck
- someone's luck is in
- some people have all the luck
- streak of good luck
Phrases with luck
- broke luck
- luck balls
- tough luck
- worse luck
- breaks luck
- broken luck
- luck dragons
- luck pennies
- breaking luck
- with any luck
- Good Luck Flag
- stroke of luck
25 more phrasesFewer phrases
- try one's luck
- Good Luck Flags
- rode one's luck
- strokes of luck
- rides one's luck
- tried one's luck
- tries one's luck
- pushed one's luck
- pushes one's luck
- ridden one's luck
- riding one's luck
- trying one's luck
- pressed one's luck
- presses one's luck
- pushing one's luck
- made one's own luck
- pressing one's luck
- makes one's own luck
- streaks of good luck
- making one's own luck
- threw one's luck in with
- throw one's luck in with
- thrown one's luck in with
- throws one's luck in with
- throwing one's luck in with
Words that rhyme with luck
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Questions about luck
- What does luck mean?
- Luck means something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
- What is luck in Hindi?
- Luck in Hindi is भाग्य (bhāgya), सौभाग्य (saubhāgya). See Luck meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is luck?
- Luck can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce luck?
- Luck is pronounced /lʌk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of luck?
- The plural of luck is lucks.
Words near luck in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: luck (page history and authors); Luck (page history and authors); नशीब (Marathi) (page history and authors); ভাগ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); luck (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دن (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଭାଗ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); भाग्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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