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Definition of Fluky
1. Adjective. Subject to accident or chance or change. "An iffy proposition"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Uncertain
Derivative terms: Fluke, Fluke
Definition of Fluky
1. a. Formed like, or having, a fluke.
Definition of Fluky
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of flukey) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluky
1. happening by or depending on chance [adj FLUKIER, FLUKIEST] : FLUKILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluky
Literary usage of Fluky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gapby Alfred W. Tatum by Alfred W. Tatum (2005)
"fluky Flan To strengthen students' understanding of the reading process, I present
them with what I call the fluky Flan text: fluky Flan flubbed and ..."
2. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern: The Nation's Youngest by James H. McClintock (1916)
"Here is a sample: No me mires con esos tus ojos, (Fluke-fluky-fluke; plink, ...
(fluky-fluky-fluke; plink-plink.) Que me mata! que me mata! tu mirar. ..."
3. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"Here is one song that Bourke quotes, guitar accompaniment and all: "No me mires
con esos tus ojos, (Fluke-fluky-fluke; plink, ..."
4. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1896)
"I say, pilot, I am afraid it will be a fluky day. ... Now, on a fluky day it's
an everybody's chance on, and it's curious how much see-sawing takes place on ..."
5. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1878)
"however, of a somewhat fluky character, as, but for the wind dying away, Lord
Hastings appeared to have the affair comfortably in hand. ..."
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