Found 3 items, similar to fluke.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fluke candit
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fluke fluke n 1: a stroke of luck [syn: good luck, good fortune] 2: a barb on a harpoon or arrow 3: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: flue] 4: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean 5: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: trematode, trematode worm]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fluke Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k or fl[=oo]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. --RHUD [PJC] 3. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster] Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [Cant, Eng.] --A. Trollope. [1913 Webster] Fluke \Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fluked; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking.] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]