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Definition of "fluky" [fluk•y]

  • Resulting from or depending on mere chance. (adjective)
  • Constantly shifting; uncertain: a fluky wind. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fluky" in a sentence
  • "Doug Weight beat Gerber with a wrist shot from the slot while on the power play at 3: 53 and Demitra increased the lead in fluky fashion."
  • "Bentley won office in what Powell and Stewart both describe as a fluky election."
  • "Clippard's latest vultured win was kind of fluky, but what happened once he left was not."
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