(adj) subject to accident or chance or change, Syn. iffy, flukey, fluky, Example:a chancy appeal at best; getting that job was definitely fluky; a fluky wind; an iffy proposition

good luck

(n) a stroke of luck, Syn. fluke, good fortune

schistosome

(n) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals, Syn. blood fluke

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flukan

{ , n. (Mining) See Flucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flukan

n. (Mining) Flucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluke

n. [ Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut. ] 1. (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [ Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. RHUD [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluke

n. [ Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly. ] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [ Cant, Eng. ] A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluke

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Fluked p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking ] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Flukeworm

n. (Zool.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluky

a. Formed like, or having, a fluke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

蛭

[蛭, zhì] fluke; leech; hirudinea #22648

幸进

[幸进 / 幸進, xìng jìn] to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

フロック(P);フルーク

[furokku (P); furu-ku] (n) (1) fluke; (2) (フロック only) frock; (3) (フロック only) flock; (P)

横川吸虫

[よこがわきゅうちゅう, yokogawakyuuchuu] (n) Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)

怪我の功名

[けがのこうみょう, keganokoumyou] (exp) fortunate error; lucky break; fluke

肝吸虫

[かんきゅうちゅう, kankyuuchuu] (n) Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis); Oriental liver fluke

肝蛭

[かんてつ, kantetsu] (n) sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

吸虫

[きゅうちゅう, kyuuchuu] (n) trematode (i.e. a fluke)

吸虫類

[きゅうちゅうるい, kyuuchuurui] (n) trematodes (i.e. flukes)

住血吸虫

[じゅうけつきゅうちゅう, juuketsukyuuchuu] (n) blood fluke (any fluke of family Schistosomatidae); schistosome

日本住血吸虫

[にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuu] (n) Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)

日本住血吸虫症

[にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuushou] (n) (See 日本住血吸虫) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

日本住血吸虫病

[にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuubyou] (n) (obsc) (See 日本住血吸虫症) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

肺吸虫

[はいきゅうちゅう, haikyuuchuu] (n) lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani)

肺臓ジストマ

[はいぞうジストマ, haizou jisutoma] (n) (obsc) (See 肺吸虫) lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani)

紛れ

[まぐれ, magure] (n) fluke; chance; (P)

紛れ当たり

[まぐれあたり, magureatari] (n) lucky shot; fluke

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Fluktuation { f }; Zu- und Abgang { m }

turnover

Flunke { f }; Ankerarm { f } [ naut. ]