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How to use fluke in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb

Fluke means a lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated. Example: “We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.”

Examples of fluke by meaning

nounA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

  • We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.
  • That was no fluke.1920, Zane Grey, “The Rube”, in The Redheaded Outfield
  • "And I say," said Wimsey, "that it would be better for her to be hanged outright than to live and have everybody think her a murderess who got off by a fluke."1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison

verbTo obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.

  • I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.

verbTo fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.

  • He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.

nounA trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).

  • The man became infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.

nounAny of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.

  • The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
  • The honest, rough piece of iron, so simple in appearance, has more parts than the human body has limbs: the ring, the stock, the crown, the flukes, the palms, the shank.1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published...

nounEither of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

  • The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.

nounA metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function...

  • The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.

nounIn general, a winglike formation on a central piece.

  • After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.

More sentences with fluke

  • It weighed around twenty pounds, and to prove it was no fluke, I caught three smaller.2011, Jeremy Wade, River Monsters. From the entry mulley
  • A rond-anchor is a stockless anchor with only one fluke for mooring to the rond or bank.1934, Arthur Ransome, Coot Club, footnote to Chapter 6. From the entry rond-anchor
  • My dear, it's only by a fluke that I am here at all—Norman being the protective fluke.”1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company…. From the entry stodgy
  • A related human fish-borne liverfluke disease is opisthorchiasis, caused by Opisthorchis viverrini and O. felineus (the cat liver fluke).2002, H. Allan Bremner, Safety and Quality Issues in Fish Processing, page 125. From the entry cat liver fluke
  • A fluke accident during a routine liposuction.1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone). From the entry betty
  • However, piwi and tudor-domain containing genes are absent from flukes and tapeworms and no true vasa orthologue has been identified in schistosomes.2015 August 25, David Roquis et al., “The Epigenome of Schistosoma mansoni Provides Insight about How Cercariae Poise Transcription until…. From the entry piwi
  • It is a good rule in any case of letting go an old-fashioned anchor when aground, to unstock it and foul the flukes with several turns of cable.2015, E. F. Knight, Handbook of Seamanship, page 739. From the entry unstock
  • If this were the only example of moronicity in my teens, I could chalk it up to an aberration or a fluke or even gamma rays from the planet Zoobon.2010, Dave Meurer, Mistake It Like a Man: An Imperfect Guy's Guide to Romance, Kids, and Secret .... From the entry moronicity

Meaning of fluke

  1. noun A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
  2. verb To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
  3. verb To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.

Full definition of fluke

Questions about fluke in a sentence

How do you use fluke in a sentence?
Fluke is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.”
What is a short sentence with fluke?
“That was no fluke.”
What does fluke mean?
Fluke means a lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

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