adjective
- happening by chance or luck rather than skill; accidental
Usage: informal
Examples
- His goal was pretty flukey – the ball just bounced off the defender.
- She won the game with a flukey shot that hit the rim three times.
- That was a flukey catch; I wasn’t even looking at the ball.
- The team’s victory seemed flukey given their poor performance all season.
- Don’t count on flukey wins to get you through the tournament.
- It was just a flukey coincidence that we met at the airport.