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FLUKY (flukier, flukiest)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: flukier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, flukiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluky mean? 

FLUKY (adjective)
  The adjective FLUKY has 1 sense:

1. subject to accident or chance or changeplay

  Familiarity information: FLUKY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLUKY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: flukier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: flukiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to accident or chance or change

Synonyms:

chancy; flukey; fluky; iffy

Context example:

an iffy proposition

Similar:

uncertain (not certain to occur; not inevitable)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

fluke (a stroke of luck)


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