variants
or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
—used especially of wind
Synonyms
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 on the Web
One was against Argentina and Lionel Messi at the height of his powers, the other a fluky loss to Canada in the 2000 Gold Cup.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
The serious injuries to Altuve and Diaz are random and fluky things that could happen in games.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Barring another fluky playoff outcome, could be another Lombardi Gras in the offing ...
*Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-6): QB Tom Brady's arrival has made them the league's unexpected darlings, ones boasting a franchise-record five games in prime time.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 May 2020
Less than a month after getting hurt – on a fluky play that also saw fellow lineman Bryson Cain go down – McCauley represented his school in the Territorial Cup.
—Michael Lev, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
This wasn't a fluky loss, or bad officiating, or a goofy play.
—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2019
Even monarchs are vulnerable to awkward, fluky snafus.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 8 Mar. 2020
The recent bout of soft numbers (including today's) are fluky, in her view, and not something that's about to disrupt the course of monetary policy.
—WSJ, 14 June 2017
The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a fluky goal from Brassard, who slipped a shot past Bishop on the near post.
—Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2020
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
The serious injuries to Altuve and Diaz are random and fluky things that could happen in games.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Barring another fluky playoff outcome, could be another Lombardi Gras in the offing ...
*Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-6): QB Tom Brady's arrival has made them the league's unexpected darlings, ones boasting a franchise-record five games in prime time.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 May 2020
Less than a month after getting hurt – on a fluky play that also saw fellow lineman Bryson Cain go down – McCauley represented his school in the Territorial Cup.
—Michael Lev, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
This wasn't a fluky loss, or bad officiating, or a goofy play.
—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2019
Even monarchs are vulnerable to awkward, fluky snafus.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 8 Mar. 2020
The recent bout of soft numbers (including today's) are fluky, in her view, and not something that's about to disrupt the course of monetary policy.
—WSJ, 14 June 2017
The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a fluky goal from Brassard, who slipped a shot past Bishop on the near post.
—Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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