Flukey

//ˈfluːki// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lucky.

    "For once, at a World Cup finals England could enjoy themselves, cut loose, score a bucket-load of goals, and giggle at the fact that Harry Kane’s hat-trick goal that makes him the tournament top goalscorer was a flukey deflection off his heel."

  2. 2
    Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes.

    "We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind."

Adjective
  1. 1
    subject to accident or chance or change wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
chancychancyflukishflukyiffyjammy

Example

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"For once, at a World Cup finals England could enjoy themselves, cut loose, score a bucket-load of goals, and giggle at the fact that Harry Kane’s hat-trick goal that makes him the tournament top goalscorer was a flukey deflection off his heel."

Etymology

From fluke + -y.

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