flukey

flukey

We would have got to Spain already if it wasnt for the flukey wind.

b) unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes
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  • flukey — adjective subject to accident or chance or change a chancy appeal at best getting that job was definitely fluky a fluky wind an iffy proposition • Syn: ↑chancy, ↑fluky, ↑iffy …   Useful english dictionary

  • flukey — adjective see fluky …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flukey — /flooh kee/, adj., flukier, flukiest. fluky. * * * …   Universalium

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

  • flukey — fluk·ey …   English syllables

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