He got the job by a fluke.
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Fluke
//fluk//
Synonyms for "fluke" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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Translations
93 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- контра noun (a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons)
- лапа noun (anchor blade)
- мети́л noun (parasitic flatworm)
- щастлива случайност noun (stroke of luck)
Catalan
1 entries- xamba noun (stroke of luck)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 僥倖 /侥幸 noun (stroke of luck)
- 運氣 /运气 noun (stroke of luck)
Czech
4 entries- klika noun (stroke of luck)
- kotevní list noun (anchor blade)
- motolice noun (parasitic flatworm)
- šťastná náhoda noun (stroke of luck)
Dutch
4 entries- ankerblad noun (anchor blade)
- ankerhand noun (anchor blade)
- staartvin noun (lobe of whale's tail)
- toevalstreffer noun (stroke of luck)
Finnish
4 entries- ankkurinkoura noun (anchor blade)
- lampaan maksamato noun (parasitic flatworm)
- maksamato noun (parasitic flatworm)
- metallinen koukku keihään päässä noun (a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons)
French
4 entries- coup de bol noun (stroke of luck)
- coup de chance noun (stroke of luck)
- douve noun (parasitic flatworm)
- pelle noun (anchor blade)
Galician
2 entries- golpe de sorte noun (stroke of luck)
- potra noun (stroke of luck)
German
4 entries- Fluke noun (lobe of whale's tail)
- Flunke noun (anchor blade)
- Glücksfall noun (stroke of luck)
- Saugwurm noun (parasitic flatworm)
Hungarian
2 entries- mázli noun (stroke of luck)
- métely noun (parasitic flatworm)
Irish
3 entries- puchán noun (parasitic flatworm)
- taisme noun (stroke of luck)
- treimeatóid noun (parasitic flatworm)
Italian
4 entries- caso noun (stroke of luck)
- caso fortuito noun (stroke of luck)
- colpo di fortuna noun (stroke of luck)
- gancio noun (anchor blade)
Japanese
2 entries- まぐれ noun (stroke of luck)
- 紛れ当たり noun (stroke of luck)
Korean
2 entries- 뽀록 noun (stroke of luck)
- 요행수 noun (stroke of luck)
Manx
1 entries- arbyl noun (lobe of whale's tail)
Māori
1 entries- peke noun (lobe of whale's tail)
Norman
1 entries- patte noun (anchor blade)
Polish
4 entries- fart noun (stroke of luck)
- fuks noun (stroke of luck)
- przywra noun (parasitic flatworm)
- szczęśliwy traf noun (stroke of luck)
Portuguese
4 entries- acaso da sorte noun (stroke of luck)
- acaso feliz noun (stroke of luck)
- cagada noun (stroke of luck)
- fortuna inesperada noun (stroke of luck)
Romanian
2 entries- noroc chior noun (stroke of luck)
- pleașcă noun (stroke of luck)
Russian
4 entries- везе́ние noun (stroke of luck)
- двуу́стка noun (parasitic flatworm)
- зазу́брина noun (a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons)
- крюк noun (a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons)
Spanish
4 entries- anomalía noun (stroke of luck)
- carambola noun (stroke of luck)
- champa noun (stroke of luck)
- chiripa noun (stroke of luck)
Swahili
1 entries- mkia wa nyangumi noun (lobe of whale's tail)
Swedish
3 entries- fluke noun (lobe of whale's tail)
- lyckträff noun (stroke of luck)
- oförutsedd tur noun (stroke of luck)
Tagalog
1 entries- tsamba noun (stroke of luck)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I thought it was a fluke.
Source: tatoeba (1961353)
For all his success, Tom was regarded by all as a fluke.
Source: tatoeba (2765373)
Maybe it was just a fluke.
Source: tatoeba (2929288)
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