The Meaning of fluke

• (n.) The European flounder. See Flounder.
• (n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
• (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
• (n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
• (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
• (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.

Synonyms

flue , trematode , trematode worm , luckiness , good luck , break , happy chance , good fortune , labial pipe , flue pipe

Rhymes

archduke , baruch , boock , brueck , chook , dubuque , duke , duque , dziuk , farouk , fuke , glueck , hoock , juke , kook , louque , luc , luecke , luick , luke , luque , mameluke , muecke , nuke , puke , rebuke , souk , spook , spruik , steuck , stook , stueck , tuk , wouk