1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a lucky accident (won by a fluke).
2 a chance breeze.
--v.tr. achieve by a fluke (fluked that shot).
Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. dial. fluke guess 2. n.1 any parasitic flatworm of the class Digenea or Monogenea, including liver flukes and blood flukes.
2 a flat-fish, esp. a flounder.
Etymology: OE floc 3. n.1 Naut. a broad triangular plate on the arm of an anchor.
2 the barbed head of a lance, harpoon, etc.
3 Zool. either of the lobes of a whale's tail.
Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. FLUKE(2)