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Definitions and meaning of fluke

fluke

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fluːk/ enPR: flo͞ok
• (US) IPA^(key): /fluk/ enPR: flo͞ok
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /fljuːk/ enPR: flyo͞ok
• Rhymes: -uːk

Etymology 1

Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly.

Noun

fluke (plural flukes)

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

Descendants

• Cantonese: 符碌 (fu⁶ luk1¹)

Translations

Verb

fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked)

1. To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.

2. (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.

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Etymology 2

From Old English flōc (“flatfish”), of Germanic origin, related to German flach (“flat”), Old Norse floke (“flatfish”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

Noun

fluke (plural fluke or flukes)

1. A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
2. A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).

Usage notes

• The unmarked plural fluke is used to refer to the fish; the marked plural flukes is used to refer to flatworms.

Derived terms

Flatworms

• American fluke (Fascioloides magna)
• bile fluke (Clonorchis sinensis)
• blood fluke (Schistosomatidae spp.)
• bladder fluke (Schistosoma haematobium)
• cat liver fluke (Opisthorchis felineus)
• cecal fluke (Postharmostomum gallinum)
• Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis)
• deer fluke (Fascioloides magna)
• eye fluke
• flukeworm
• giant intestinal fluke (Fasciolopsis buski)
• giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna)
• lancet fluke, lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)
• liver fluke
• lung fluke (Paragonimus spp.)
• sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

other

• bannock fluke (Rhombus maximus))
• Gulf fluke (Paralichthys albiguttus)
• long fluke (Hippoglossoides limandoides)
• pole fluke (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
• sail fluke, sail-fluke (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis)
• sand fluke (Hippoglossoides limandoides)

Etymology 3

Mid-16th century in the sense of “anchor blade”. Probably the same word as in etymology 2 above or else a related word for something flat (cf. Proto-Germanic *flakaz). A derivation from Middle Low German vlögel (“wing”), from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz, seems phonetically impossible. If anything, related vlōch, vlucht (“flight”, both also “wing”) or even *vlunke (modern Low German Flunk (“wing, pinion”)) are more plausible candidates. Note that the kind of whale's fin is called Fluke in contemporary German, but this is likely from English.

Noun

fluke (plural flukes)

1. (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
2. Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
3. A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.

4. In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.

5. Waste cotton.

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Further reading

• fluke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• summer flounder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• trematoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “FLUKE”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 365, column 2.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fluke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.