Noun: luck lúk
Usage: informal
- An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"bad luck caused his downfall";
- fortune, chance, hazard
- Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"the luck of the Irish";
- fortune, destiny, fate, lot, circumstances, portion, circs [Brit, informal]
- An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favourable outcome
"it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady";
- fortune
Usage: informal
- Have unexpected good fortune
"I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot";
- luck out [N. Amer], hit the jackpot [informal]
Derived forms: lucked, lucking, lucks
Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], condition, deliver the goods, phenomenon, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win
Encyclopedia: Luck, Peter