Fluke

What do we mean by fluke?

The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground. noun

A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon. noun

Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale. noun

A chance occurrence. noun

An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool. noun

Any of numerous parasitic flatworms, including the trematodes, some of which infect humans, and the monogeneans, which are chiefly ectoparasites of fish. noun

Any of various flatfishes chiefly of the genus Paralichthys, especially the summer flounder. noun

In whaling: To disable the flukes of, as a whale, by spading.

To fasten, as a whale, by means of a chain or rope.

In whaling, to use the flukes, as a fish or cetacean: often with an indefinite it.

To gain an advantage over a competitor or opponent by accident or chance; especially, to make a scratch in billiards. See fluke, n., 5.

Waste cotton. noun

A lock of hair. noun

The part of an anchor which catches in the ground. See anchor. noun

One of the barbs of a harpoon or toggle-iron; a flue: called by English whalemen wither. noun

Either half of the tail of a cetacean or sirenian: so called from its resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. noun

In mining, an instrument used to clean a hole previous to charging it with powder for blasting. noun

⟨ fluke, verb In billiards, an accidentally successful stroke; the advantage gained when, playing for one thing, one gets another; hence, any unexpected or accidental advantage or turn; a chance; a scratch. noun

Hence— To become refractory or mutinous; make a disturbance on board ship. noun

Hence— To go to bed; bunk or turn in. noun

A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.

Words that are spelled similarly to fluke:
fluke, flake, flute, flue, luke, flume, fluky, fuke, flike, pluke.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fluke:
hepatica, trematode, flatworm, schistosomiasis, slut, tapeworm, bluefish, oto, flounder, parasite, phylum, testes, nematode, contraceptive, lifecycle, contraception, worm, parasitic, freshmen, parasites, calibration, infect, intestine, snail, prostitute, magna, anchors, whale, biomedical, liver, apology, dolphin, worms, freshwater, intermediate, infection, peel, propulsion, tails, snails, occurrence, definitive, marsh, raced, anterior, rat, deer, dorsal, lung, fin, mammals, eggs, tail, sheep, remarks, circa, infected, anchor, aquatic, hosts, holland, clergy, humans, jon, remix, measurement, meat, rush, networks, fish, host, democrats, genus, electronic, controversy, disease, occurs, corporation, virgin, adult, rice, causing, drummer, hearing, coverage, causes, symptoms, cycle, vertical, mike, dog, species, apparent, cattle.

Words that rhyme with fluke:
rebuke, tuk, duke, spook, puke, luke, juke, nuke, kook, stook, chook, souk, spuke, mameluke, archduke, baruch, marmaduke, spruik, stuke, fuke, luc, wouk, duque, farouk, dubuque, leuc-, grand duke, datuk, gospel according to luke, luque, glueck, leuk-, luick, luecke, brueck, boock, dziuk, hoock, kueck, lachenbruch, leuck, louque, muecke, produc, steuck, stueck.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fluke:
intestinal, chinese, common, lucky, mere, human, statistical, large, pure, oriental, liver, young, small, sheer, giant, merest, happy, mature, historical, complete, immature, parasitic, single, total, adult, strange, extraordinary, pancreatic, sheep, asiatic, blood, upper, genetic, larval, horizontal, time, fortunate, minute, incredible, bronchial, absolute, isolated, largest, shaped, female, vesical, crazy, flat, random, bannock, odd, curious, sail, amazing, rare, typical, awful, miraculous, cosmic, weird, male, temporary, hermaphroditic, plump, bizarre, fleshy, rumen, evolutionary, gigantic, sharp, occasional, biological, improbable, protective, digenetic, biggest, purest, unfortunate, cosmopolitan.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fluke:
disease, worms, worm, infection, chains, infestation, chain, infections, corporation, ups, spermatozoa, eggs, markings, rot, pit, model, infestations, larvae, fasciola, splashes, interface, anchor.

Consonant match to fluke:
fleek, flock, flick, flak, flake, fleck, fluck, flack, floc, flook, fleak, flowk.

Words that sound like fluke:
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