flukyadj.1
/ˈfluːki/, U.S. /ˈfluki/ Infested with flukes; pertaining to an animal infested with flukes.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [adjective] > parasitic
fluky1855
ichneumoned1897
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 60 Fluked or Fluky, worm-eaten, or rather when the worm holes channel or flow into each other.
1874 ‘C. King’ Ion Duan (Melbourne) lxv. 25 Regardless of flukey meat and damper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
flukyadj.2
/ˈfluːki/, U.S. /ˈfluki/ rare.
Of an anchor: Having flukes.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adjective] > attributes of anchor
unstocked1388
fluky1718
fluked1831
stockless1886
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia 81 No loud-mouth'd Voices call..To heave the flooky Anchors from the Sand.
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flukyadj.3
/ˈfluːki/, U.S. /ˈfluki/ 1. Of the nature of a fluke or lucky chance; obtained by chance rather than by skill.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > of the nature of good fortune > as opposed to skill
fluky1867
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > winning > by nature of luck
fluky1867
1867 Australasian 2 Mar. 268/1 Cosstick..playing a very flukey innings.
1879 Sat. Rev. 5 July 21 There was some flukey hitting off Mr. Steele.
1881 Standard 8 July 6/1 Lascelles scored a fluky two in the slips.
1886 G. B. Smith Prime Ministers 310 The ministry..sustained an actual but fluky defeat.
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 June 5/2 The result..is a capital example of the flukey nature of the game.
2. Uncertain; favouring unexpected results.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard
uncertain1303
casualc1460
haphazard1576
roving1577
hazardous1585
chanceful1594
firmless1605
random1655
temerarious1660
aleatory1693
contingent1703
unlawed1789
by the way1846
chancy1860
fluky1880
hitty-missy1885
perchance1891
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
willy-nilly1933
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > unpredictable
contingentc1400
casualc1460
whimsical1654
precarious1687
ambiguous1759
incalculable1796
uncalculable1848
chancy1860
impredicable1864
fluky1880
aleatoric1921
contingency1931
iffy1937
1880 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. There are the fluky days, when the best of the breeze brings all the stern boats up to you.
1882 Sat. Rev. 54 706 A very fluky etymology.
1894 Times 16 Apr. 10/3 The Britannia..beating Oretta and Valkyrie I. hull down in very fluky winds.
Derivatives
ˈflukily adv.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly > non-randomly
flukily1881
non-randomly1942
1881 Daily News 22 June 2/7 He had played very flukily.
ˈflukiness n.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > haphazardness or randomness
catch as catch cana1393
die1548
hazard1548
random1565
haphazard1569
chance-medley1583
lay1584
lottery1593
haphazarding1787
randomness1803
haphazardness1857
happy-go-luckiness1866
chanciness1870
flukiness1888
haphazardry1910
randomicity1936
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > unpredictability
casualty1503
contingency1635
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
uncalculableness1831
incalculableness1864
incalculability1873
unpredictability1878
flukiness1888
impredicability1906
1888 Daily News 7 July 6/5 When all has been said..as to the flukiness of cricket on wet wickets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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