fluky

adjective \ ˈflü-kē \

variants: or less commonly flukey

|Updated on: 25 May 2018

Examples: fluky in a Sentence

Definition of fluky

flukier; flukiest

1 : happening by or depending on chance

2 : being unsteady or uncertain —used especially of wind

Examples of fluky in a Sentence

a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit
the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery

Recent Examples of fluky from the Web

There always has been a rather simple explanation for that trend: Unless the Derby produces some kind of fluky result, the fastest horse on the first Saturday in May is likely to remain the fastest horse two weeks later.

— dan wolken, USA TODAY, "Why it's impossible to pick against Derby winner Justify in the Preakness," 16 May 2018
Those are the kinds of fluky occurrences that have made no-hitters so exciting and rare: There is inherently an element of luck involved.

— jared diamond, WSJ, "Why It Won’t Be Long Until the Next No-Hitter," 9 May 2018
That sure seems fluky and might indicate the Cowboys defense is better than appearances.

— jesse newell, kansascity, "Quick scout: Why it's hard to figure out Oklahoma State's defense | The Kansas City Star," 2 Mar. 2018
In essence, that has weeded out the cheap speed horses who had no shot to win, making it a truer run race with fewer fluky elements.

— dan wolken, USA TODAY, "Here's why it's harder to win big betting Kentucky Derby," 30 Apr. 2018
According to the Sliding Doors philosophy, in other words, even when our lives take fluky, chaotic detours, ultimately good-hearted people find each other, and the bad boyfriends and home-wreckers of the world get their comeuppance.

— ashley fetters, The Cut, "I Think About This a Lot: The Sliding Doors in Sliding Doors," 9 Apr. 2018
On its face, his .358 BABIP looks a little fluky, but a player with his speed who keeps the ball on the ground is one of the archetypes that can regularly outpace league-average BABIP.

— michael beller, SI.com, "Tim Beckham, Jake Faria Among the 2018 American League Fantasy Sleepers," 6 Mar. 2018
So far Sox camp has featured a series of fluky injuries, including ones to Luis Robert (sprained thumb), Micker Adolfo (sprained UCL) Alec Hansen (forearm tightness), Jake Burger (torn Achilles) and Eloy Jimenez (left knee tendinitis).

— paul sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "White Sox outfielder Nicky Delmonico suffers separated shoulder in nasty collision," 11 Mar. 2018
The new race model was designed to create excitement, drama ... and to ensure that fluky one-hit drivers didn’t beat out established, consistent ones come playoff time.

— brendan marks, charlotteobserver, "NASCAR’s championship favorite? Kevin Harvick, proof an old dog can learn new tricks. | Charlotte Observer," 8 Mar. 2018

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