noun
definition
A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
example
The first goal was just a fluke.
verb
definition
To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
example
I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
definition
To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
example
He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
Examples of fluke in a Sentence
He was Luke the Fluke, but you didn't call him that.
We're too brainy for our genes to maintain control, except by fluke.
The simultaneous migration of large numbers of immature fluke through the liver can cause severe tissue damage.
I cannot seem to get a forward rush from such positions except by sheer fluke.
Then by pure fluke Project Management was a module that I I studied just in the last semester.
It was a similar position to his complete fluke for Real Madrid against United in April 2003.
The young fluke then penetrates the liver tissues, through which it migrates, feeding on mainly on blood, for about six weeks.
Changing patterns of fluke infection An increase in the number of cases of fluke infection An increase in the number of cases of fluke disease has been observed over recent years.
This will remove fluke burdens and reduce contamination of pastures with fluke eggs.
Fluke genes that have the same effect on the snail will not be favored in the fluke genes that have the same effect on the snail will not be favored in the fluke gene pool.
In a comparative test, they raised mice with and without immune systems to see how blood fluke populations would thrive.
A sheep liver fluke has six distinct stages in its life cycle, each specialized for a different way of life.
Scab and fluke in sheep I also need to treat the lambs for scab, the sheep scab mite causes mange.
If you already know someone who has trained their cats to use the toilet, you may have thought it was just a fluke.
The restaurant was repaired, but in 1894 it was partially destroyed again due to a defective fluke.
As they walked to the bar, he decided to make sure that the night they met wasn't just a fluke.
Meat inspectors working in Scottish abattoirs have also reported a marked increase in carcasses showing evidence of liver fluke infestation.
As we waded out the dolphin started to float a bit and moved it's tail fluke slightly.
The pectoral fins are short and the tail fluke has a pronounced notch.
Historical events often come about with a large dose of fluke and a tenuous thread of intention.
Businesses will go bankrupt if they close the beaches and anyway, surely it was a fluke and the shark is already hundreds of miles away.
Dactylogyrus 01 (gill fluke) (212 kb) A gill fluke on the edge of a gill filament at 100x magnification.
Cadsawan Jewelry worked with Skarsgård to create a limited edition collection of anchor or fluke necklaces inspired by a necklace worn by his character, Eric.
The former fluke is found in Europe, North Africa, Abyssinia, North Asia, South America, Australia and the Hawaiian Islands; the latter in the United States.
Occasionally the fluke migrates into the blood vessels and may reach the lungs, kidneys, urethra and bladder.
Much of the grain was never harvested, whilst owing mainly to the excessive floods there commenced an outbreak of liver-rot in sheep, due to the ravages of the fluke parasite.
This was chiefly attributable to the ravages of the liver fluke which began in the disastrously wet season of 1879.
When that occurs, the cyst is dissolved and the minute fluke works its way down the alimentary canal into some part of which it inserts its suckers and commences to feed on the blood of its host.
As for Luke the Fluke, he sounds like John Luke Grasso to a tee and a prime suspect for killing my friend's sister.
The body contains in miniature all the organs of the adult fluke, including the gonads and in addition "eye-spots," a stylet, rod-cells and cystogenous cells.