Definitions for the word "Fluke" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The European flounder. See Flounder.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Lucky accident (won by a fluke). v. (-king) achieve by a fluke. fluky adj. (-ier, -iest). [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. n.
1 parasitic flatworm, e.g. The liver fluke. 2 flat-fish, esp. A flounder. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. n.
1 broad triangular plate on an anchor arm. 2 lobe of a whale''s tail. [perhaps from *fluke2]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. slang
at billiards, playing for one thing and getting another. Hence,
generally what one gets accidentally, as an unexpected advantage, “more
by luck than judgment.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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