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FLUKY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: flukier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, flukiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: flukier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: flukiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to accident or chance or changeplay

Example:

an iffy proposition

Synonyms:

chancy; flukey; fluky; iffy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

uncertain (not certain to occur; not inevitable)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

fluke (a stroke of luck)

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