variants
or less commonly flukey
flukier; flukiest
1
: happening by or depending on chance
2
: being unsteady or uncertain
—used especially of wind
Examples of fluky in a Sentence
a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit
the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery
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Philadelphia responded behind Bump and Sanheim, but Letang's fluky score late in the second was the difference.
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ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Danny Cepero was first to do it, in 2008 for the New York Red Bulls, with a fluky 81-yard free kick taking a favorable bounce on the Giants Stadium turf over his Columbus Crew counterpart, Andy Gruenebaum.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
And there was nothing fluky about it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Danny Cepero was first to do it, in 2008 for the New York Red Bulls, with a fluky 81-yard free kick taking a favorable bounce on the Giants Stadium turf over his Columbus Crew counterpart, Andy Gruenebaum.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
And there was nothing fluky about it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fluky
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluky. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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