flukey

adj — 2 senses

flukey

adj

/ˈfluːki/

Etymology From fluke + -y.

1

Lucky.

  • For once, at a World Cup finals England could enjoy themselves, cut loose, score a bucket-load of goals, and giggle at the fact that Harry Kane’s hat-trick goal that makes him the tournament top goalscorer was a flukey deflection off his heel.2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018:
2

Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes.

  • We would have got to Spain already if it wasn't for the flukey wind.
Synonyms
jammy
Related terms
fluke

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