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fluke
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: flo?ok IPA(key): /flu?k/
- (US) enPR: flo?ok IPA(key): /fluk/
- (obsolete) enPR: flyo?ok IPA(key): /flju?k/
- Rhymes: -u?k
Etymology 1
Of uncertain or obscure origin, 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.
Noun
fluke (plural flukes)
- A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
Synonyms
- glitch
Translations
Verb
fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked)
- To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
- (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old English fl?c (“flatfish”), of Germanic origin, related to German flach (“flat”), Old Norse floke (“flatfish”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.
Noun
fluke (plural flukes)
- A flounder.
- A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
Derived terms
- flounder
- Gulf fluke (Paralichthys albiguttus)
- long fluke (Hippoglossoides limandoides)
- pole fluke (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
- sail fluke (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis)
- sand fluke (Microstomus microcephalus, Hippoglossoides platessoides)
- trematode
- American fluke (Fascioloides magna)
- bile fluke
- blood fluke
- bladder fluke
- cat liver fluke
- cecal fluke (Postharmostomum gallinum)
- Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis, syn. Opisthorchis sinensis)
- deer fluke (Fascioloides magna)
- eye fluke
- flukeworm
- giant intestinal fluke (Fasciolopsis buski)
- giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna)
- lancet fluke, lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)
- liver fluke
- lung fluke (Paragonimus spp.)
Etymology 3
Possibly as Etymology 2 or from Middle Low German flügel (“wing”), from Old High German vlügel, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz (“wing”).
Noun
fluke (plural flukes)
- Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
- Waste cotton.
Derived terms
- turn flukes
Translations
Further reading
- fluke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- summer flounder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- trematoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- James Orchard Halliwell (1846) , “FLUKE”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], OCLC 1008510154, page 365, column 2.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fluke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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coincidentally
English
Alternative forms
- coïncidentally (uncommon)
Etymology
coincidental +? -ly
Adverb
coincidentally (comparative more coincidentally, superlative most coincidentally)
- In a coincidental manner.
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