Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fluke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluke \Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fluking}.]
To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
[Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish,
Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written
also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the
palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.]
1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a
flook. See {Anchor}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called
from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for
blasting.
4. 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. [Cant, Eng.]
--A. Trollope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fluke
n 1: a stroke of luck [syn: {good luck}, {good fortune}]
2: a barb on a harpoon or arrow
3: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: {flue}]
4: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
5: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to
a host [syn: {trematode}, {trematode worm}]
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