Fluky

Fluky
Fluky \Fluk"y\, a. Formed like, or having, a fluke. [1913 Webster]

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  • Fluky's — is a Chicago area fast food restaurant known for hot dogs. History Fluky s began in Chicago in 1929 on Maxwell and Halsted Streets. Founded by Abe Drexler, this stand is widely acknowledged as the originator of the Chicago style hot dog.cite news …   Wikipedia

  • fluky — [flo͞o′kē] adj. flukier, flukiest [< FLUKE3] Informal 1. resulting from chance rather than skill or design; lucky 2. constantly changing; uncertain; fitful [a fluky breeze] flukiness n …   English World dictionary

  • fluky — 1867, from FLUKE (Cf. fluke) (2) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fluky — [adj] chance accidental, casual, chancy, coincidental, contingent, fortuitous, incalculable, incidental, lucky, odd, uncertain, variable; concept 552 Ant. certain, designed, planned, sure …   New thesaurus

  • fluky — fluke ► NOUN ▪ a lucky chance occurrence. ► VERB ▪ achieve by luck rather than skill. DERIVATIVES fluky (also flukey) adjective. ORIGIN perhaps a dialect word …   English terms dictionary

  • fluky — also flukey adjective (flukier; est) Date: 1867 1. happening by or depending on chance 2. being unsteady or uncertain used especially of wind …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fluky — flukiness, n. /flooh kee/, adj., flukier, flukiest. 1. obtained by chance rather than skill. 2. uncertain, as a wind. [1865 70; FLUKE2 + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

  • fluky — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adventitious, aleatory, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, fatal, fatidic, fortuitous, iffy, incidental, indeterminate, odd, risky, uncaused, undetermined, unexpected,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fluky — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Occurring unexpectedly: accidental, casual, chance, contingent, fortuitous, inadvertent, odd. See SURPRISE …   English dictionary for students

  • fluky — fluk·y || fluːkɪ adj. chancy, uncertain; gained through luck and not skill (Slang) fluk·ey || fluːkɪ adj. subject to accident; chancy, uncertain; iffy; gained through luck and not skill (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

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