Good Luck

Definition: Good Luck

Good Luck

Noun

1. A auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes.

2. A stroke of luck.

3. An unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Good Luck

Good

Boon; (gift); good turn; blessing; world of good; piece of good luck, piece of good fortune; nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove.

Intention

Noun: chance; lot, fate; (necessity); luck; good luck; (good); mascot.

Prosperity

Luck; good luck, run of luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind; palmy days, bright days, halcyon days; piping times, tide, flood, high tide.

Adverb: prosperously; Adjective: swimmingly; as good luck would have it; beyond all hope.

Crosswords: Good Luck

But I draw the line at defying gravity, so good luck. (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas)

And Rock, good luck. You're going to need it! (Raw Is War; writing credit: Brian Gewirtz; Paul Heyman)

Oh, good luck. (Center Stage; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

You see, this be a good luck charm. (Leprechaun 3; writing credit: David DuBos; Mark Jones)

Good luck. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

With a good luck charm like you (Good Luck Charm; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck (TUNNEL OF LOVE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

But somebody's been rubbin' on my good luck charm (I Ain't Gonna Stand for It; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

Then good luck it finally stuck like lightning from the blue (The Search is Over; performing artist: Survivor)

Said good luck to every seed I'd sown (It's A Great Day To Be Alive; performing artist: Travis Tritt)

Mr. Yates Good Luck (1943)

Miss Wyckoff Good Luck (1979)

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Books

• How to Attract Good Luck (reference)

• Its Better to Laugh...: Life, Good Luck, Bad Hair Days, and Qvc (reference)

• Manifesting Good Luck Cards: Growth and Enlightenment (reference)

• The Good Luck Cat (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Good Luck (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Good Luck Suckers (reference)

• What Does Good Luck Bring? (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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"Good luck, pal!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Good luck, Mr. Harriman. Remember, ambassadors should be seen and not heard. Credit: Library of Congress.

Good Luck. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crowds waiting in the rain to say goodbye and good luck to President Coolidge outside the White House. Credit: Library of Congress.

Good luck, abrakadabra, against the evil eye. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Good luck.

You do there work, and they shall have good luck, are you not he?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Ireland

It is not just economic good luck that turned the Irish economy into a "Celtic Tiger." Factors such as tough cuts in government spending dating from the late 1980s, associated with a series of "National Wage Partnership Programs" negotiated between the Government and the private sector, which helped usher in a period of cooperative industrial relations. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "good luck": as good luck would have it ♦ bring good luck ♦ good luck charm ♦ good luck to them! ♦ good luck to you! ♦ have a good luck ♦ wish good luck. Additional references.

Afrikaans

gelukkig wees (be lucky, have, have good luck). (various references)

Albanian

sukses (advance, eclat, hit, speed, success, winner), fat i mirë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏حظ سعيد (bonanza, lightning), ‏بالنجاح. (various references)

Bulgarian 

на добър час (farewell), желая ти успех. (various references)

Chinese 

好運 . (various references)

Czech

zlom vaz, mnoho štìstí (best of luck), hodnì štìstí, štìstí (cess, felicity, fortune, happiness, joy, luck, sunshine, utility). (various references)

Danish

være heldig (be lucky, have good luck). (various references)

Dutch

veel geluk. (various references)

Esperanto

bonan ŝancon, bonŝancon. (various references)

Finnish

toivottaa jollekulle onnea (congratulate, congratulate a person, express one's best wishes to, wish a person good luck), onnen potku (stroke of good luck). (various references)

French

bonne chance. (various references)

German

viel glück (godspeed). (various references)

Greek 

καλή τύχη (fortunateness, fortune), καλοτυχία (fortune). (various references)

Hebrew 

ב�"צלח�" (felicitously, successfully). (various references)

Hungarian

sok szerencsét, jó szerencse (stroke of good luck). (various references)

Icelandic

vera heppinn (be lucky, have good luck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

幸運 (fortune), 強運 , 好運 (fortune), 大福 (great fortune, rice cake stuffed with bean jam), グアノシン三燐酸 (good, good design mark, good idea, good looks, good timing, good will, good-looking, goods, Goodyear, GTP, Guam, guanosine triphosphate, guava, Gucci, guppy, promotional items). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょうう�", �"うう�" (fortune, prosperity), グッドラック , � いふく (great fortune, rice cake stuffed with bean jam). (various references)

Manx

sonnys (affluence, felicity, fortune, luckiness, plentitude, satiety), rah (prosperity;very strong smell, scent or taste, success), raah (prosperity, rath, report, ring-fort, well-doing), aigh vie (farewell, fortune). (various references)

Norwegian

være heldig (be lucky, have good luck). (various references)

Pig Latin

oodgay ucklay

Portuguese

boa sorte (luck, up). (various references)

Romanian

sã-ţi fie de bine (bless you, many happy returns of the day, much good may it do you, your heart's content, your pleasure), sã fie într-un ceas bun, noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, score, star, strike, success, your health). (various references)

Russian 

счастливый случай (lucky circumstance), удача (chance, die, dream ticket, godsend, good innings, happiness, luck, lucky break, piece of luck, score, stroke of luck, success), удачи. (various references)

Scottish

seamhas. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sreća (blessedness, blessing, chance, felicity, fortune, hap, happiness, joy, luck). (various references)

Spanish

buena suerte (fair chance, god speed). (various references)

Swedish

lycka till (god speed, I wish you well). (various references)

Turkish

uğur (auspiciousness, fortune, mascot), iyi şanslar (all the best, break a leg), iyi şans, şansın açık olsun, şans (auspiciousness, chance, fluke, flukey, fluky, fortune, hap, hazard, hit, inning, innings, luck, odds, opportunity, shot, show, star, turnup). (various references)

Turkmen 

юow (success). (various references)

Ukrainian

щасливо (fortunately, happily, joyfully, luckily), бажаю успіху. (various references)

Welsh

hawddamor (welcome). (various references)

ushtatâtem. (various references)

Misspellings

"Good Luck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Goodluck. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: colugo, duolog.

-3 letters: cloud, colog, could.

-4 letters: clod, clog, cold, cook, cool, dock, duck, gold, good, gook, guck, kolo, kudo, lock, loco, logo, look, loud, luck.

-5 letters: cod, cog, col, coo, cud, doc, dog, dol, dug, duo, god, goo, gul, log, loo, lug, old, oud, udo.

+4 letters: bloodsucking.