luck

verb

lucked; lucking; lucks

intransitive verb

1

: to prosper or succeed especially through chance or good fortune

—usually used with out

the hero lucks out and is able to escape

2

: to come upon something desirable by chance

—usually used with out, on, onto, or into

lucked into a wonderful opportunity

Examples of luck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s also luck surrounding travel, long-distance connections and bigger plans. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026

If that happens, the Avs would almost certainly have to thank him for this run and wish him luck. —Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 May 2026

And his Statcast profile indicates this isn’t simply luck. —Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 May 2026

Embiid and his 76ers team hope to have better luck this time around. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

derivative of luck entry 1

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing luck

• as luck would have it
• bad luck
• beginner's luck
• best of luck
• better luck next time
• down on one's luck
• for luck
• good luck
• hard-luck
• in luck
• just someone's luck
• lady luck
• Lady luck smiled on him
• Lotsa luck
• luck into
• luck out
• no such luck
• out of luck
• press one's luck
• push one's luck
• some people/guys have all the luck
• stroke of luck
• the luck of the draw
• tough luck
• try one's luck
• wish (someone) luck
• with (any) luck

Rhymes for luck

• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck
• muck
• pluck
• puck
• ruck
• schmuck
• shuck
• snuck
• struck

Kids Definition

luck

noun

ˈlək

1

: whatever happens to a person apparently by chance

have good luck fishing

2

: the accidental way events occur

happening by pure luck

3

: good fortune : success

have luck

be out of luck

luckless

-ləs

adjective