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Definition: Luck |
LuckNoun1. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you): "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion". 2. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance". 3. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "luck" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Literature | Luck Accidental good fortune. (Dutch, luk; German, glück, verb glücken, to succeed, to prosper.) Down on one's luck. Short of cash and credit. "Not in luck's way," not unexpectedly promoted, enriched, or otherwise benefited. Give a man luck and throw him into the sea. Meaning that his luck will save him even in the greatest extremity. Referring to Jonah and Arion, who were cast into the sea, but carried safely to land, the one by a whale and the other by a dolphin. Luck or ~~~Lucky Penny. Lucky Penny. A trifle returned to a purchaser for good luck. A penny with a hole in it, supposed to ensure good luck. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Catalan (llet ). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | LUCK, or GOOD LUCK. To tread in a surreverence, to be bewrayed: an allusion to the proverb, Sh-tt-n luck is good luck. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Luck. Luck, like behavior, may be either good or bad. "The carpenter has met with luck; he fell and broke his leg." "The manager has met with luck; his salary has been doubled." The adjective lucky and the adverb luckily are used only in a favorable sense. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Luck is a percieved supernatural bias towards experiencing events of good or ill fortune.Belief in luck is generally regarded as a form of magical thinking. However, there is evidence that people who believe themselves to have good luck are more able to take advantage of fortunate chance events in their lives, and to compensate for unfortunate chance events in their lives, than people who believe that they have bad luck. This appears to be the result of positive thinking altering their responses to these events.
If "good" and "bad" events occur at random to everyone, believers in good luck will experience a net gain in their fortunes, and vice versa for believers in bad luck. This is clearly likely to be self-reinforcing. Thus, although untrue, a belief in good luck may actually be an adaptive meme.
The gambler's fallacy and inverse gambler's fallacy are both related to belief in luck.
Most cultures consider some numbers to be lucky or unlucky.
See also:
- fate
- irrationality
- magic (paranormal)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Luck."
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Luck is a town located in Polk County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 881.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 84.6 km² (32.7 mi²). 83.1 km² (32.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.72% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 881 people, 339 households, and 251 families residing in the town. The population density is 10.6/km² (27.5/mi²). There are 400 housing units at an average density of 4.8 persons/km² (12.5 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.07% White, 0.11% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. 0.57% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 339 households out of which 31.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% are married couples living together, 6.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 25.7% are non-families. 22.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.05. In the town the population is spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 111.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 110.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $40,417, and the median income for a family is $44,659. Males have a median income of $33,571 versus $20,833 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,096. 9.9% of the population and 6.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.1% are under the age of 18 and 4.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Luck (town), Wisconsin."
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Luck is a village located in Polk County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,210.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.3 km² (2.4 mi²). 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 24.18% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,210 people, 500 households, and 308 families residing in the village. The population density is 252.5/km² (654.2/mi²). There are 572 housing units at an average density of 119.4 persons/km² (309.3 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.26% White, 0.00% African American, 0.74% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.99% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 500 households out of which 30.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% are married couples living together, 9.2% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 38.2% are non-families. 32.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.27 and the average family size is 2.87. In the village the population is spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.7 males. The median income for a household in the village is $32,138, and the median income for a family is $40,000. Males have a median income of $31,250 versus $21,343 for females. The per capita income for the village is $16,599. 8.3% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.8% are under the age of 18 and 13.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Luck (village), Wisconsin."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LUCK | English | Logical unit and checker | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LuckSynonyms: chance (n), circumstances (n), destiny (n), fate (n), fortune (n), hazard (n), lot (n), portion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Chance 2 | Noun: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate; (necessity); equal chance; lottery; tombola; toss up; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes, sortes Virgilianae. |
Intention | Noun: chance; lot, fate; (necessity); luck; good luck; (good); mascot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's luck you live by lad let's hope it lasts the night (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) In my experience, there's no such thing as luck. (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.) Did you have any luck with the bomb (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost) Some guys have all the luck. (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr) But I draw the line at defying gravity, so good luck. (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) | |
Lyrics | With a good luck charm like you (Good Luck Charm; performing artist: Elvis Presley) You need the luck to make a buck (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC) Well tough luck that boys mine now (Sk8er Boi; performing artist: Avril Lavigne) I gotta thank my luck stars above (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) Hands me the ticket smiles and whispers good luck (TUNNEL OF LOVE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) | |
Clever | Luck is a loser's excuse for a winner's position! (references; author: unknown) The definition of luck is when opportunity meets preparation. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lotsa Luck (1973) Just Your Luck (1972) Fisherman's Luck (1970) Lotsa Luck (1968) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) | |
Song Titles | With a Little Luck (performing artist: Paul McCartney and Wings) Some Guys Have All The Luck (performing artist: Rod Stewart) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | They say that fish congregate around wrecks - a fisherman trying his luck next to a floating wreck. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Moonrise over Gig Harbor as salmon fishermen try their luck in the shallows off the spit. Pleasure boaters are returning to harbor as the day ends. Mt. Rainier is visible in the left center. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Trying his luck off a headboat. He just missed a bite. Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Trying their luck off a headboat. Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Fisherman trying his luck on a sun-filled summer day. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Good luck, Mr. Harriman. Remember, ambassadors should be seen and not heard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Good luck, pal!". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pot luck with the boys--President Roosevelt's cowboy breakfast at Hugo, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ain't kicking on luck anyhow. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Good Luck. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "More luck" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "Another angle." | "Good luck ..." by Uschi Hering Commentary: "... for all the future." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Luck is what happens when Preparation meets opportunity. |
Baltasar Gracian | Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. |
Bret Harte | The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. |
Earl Wilson | Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. |
Elbert Hubbard | Luck is tenacity of purpose. |
James A. Garfield | A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. |
John Heywood | Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me. |
Miguel de Cervantes | Ill luck, you know, seldom comes alone. |
Richard Cobden | Luck relies on chance, labor on character. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Some might think him, and others might think her, the most in luck. |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | Women try their luck; men risk theirs |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Good luck. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | You do there work, and they shall have good luck, are you not he |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In immunology, U.S. abbot lost a big market because of bad luck in choosing local distributors. (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) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. Alas, things ain't what we should see If Eve had let that apple be; And many a feller which had ought To set with monarchses of thought, Or play some rosy little game With battle-chaps on fields of fame, Is downed by his unlucky star And hollers: "Peanuts! -- here you are!" "The Sturdy Beggar" |
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| "Luck" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.63% of the time. "Luck" is used about 2,885 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.63% | 2,730 | 3,364 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.91% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.32% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.11% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,885 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "luck" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Luck | Last name | 2,000 | 5,091 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Lady Luck Gaming Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Luck, WI (village, FIPS 46200) |
Expressions using "luck": a bit luck ♦ a bit of luck ♦ a piece of luck ♦ as good luck would have it ♦ as ill luck would have it ♦ as luck may have it ♦ as luck would have it ♦ bad luck ♦ be down on one's luck ♦ be in luck ♦ be out of luck ♦ beginner's luck ♦ better luck next time! ♦ bring bad luck ♦ bring good luck ♦ bring luck ♦ bringing luck ♦ by luck ♦ chance one's luck ♦ dogged by bad luck ♦ down on one's luck ♦ for luck ♦ good luck ♦ good luck charm ♦ 'good luck go with thee' ♦ good luck to them! ♦ good luck to you! ♦ hard luck ♦ have a good luck ♦ have a short of luck ♦ have luck ♦ have the luck of the evil ♦ he has the devil's own luck ♦ ill luck ♦ lady luck ♦ luck at fishing ♦ luck into ♦ luck it ♦ luck out ♦ Luck penny ♦ luck through ♦ out of luck ♦ piece of luck ♦ pot luck ♦ propensity to attract bad luck ♦ push one's luck ♦ rotten luck ♦ rough luck ♦ run of bad luck ♦ run of luck ♦ streak of bad luck ♦ streak of luck ♦ stroke of bad luck ♦ stroke of luck ♦ take pot luck ♦ the luck of the chase ♦ the luck of the draw ♦ through luck ♦ To be in luck ♦ To strike one luck ♦ tough luck ♦ trust to luck ♦ try one's luck ♦ wish good luck ♦ with a reasonable amount of luck ♦ worse luck. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "luck": luck-bringer, luck-of-the-draw, luck-that. | |
Ending with "luck": good-luck, hard-luck, ill-luck. | |
Containing "luck": down-on-his-luck-but-permanently, hard-luck story, sail-it-on-its-ear-and-hard-luck-if-you're-seasick. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
joy luck club | 336 | good luck e card | 39 |
better luck tomorrow | 283 | lady luck hotel las vegas | 37 |
press your luck | 282 | luck of the irish | 37 |
luck | 264 | good luck care bear | 37 |
good luck | 243 | good luck bear | 36 |
lady luck | 225 | good luck quote | 34 |
lady luck casino | 195 | luck wi | 32 |
good luck charm | 151 | good luck spells | 32 |
lady luck casino hotel | 106 | good luck miss wyckoff | 32 |
bad luck | 95 | good luck spell | 31 |
lady luck hotel | 79 | lady luck tattoo | 29 |
good luck card | 71 | bad luck 13 | 28 |
good luck poem | 70 | chinese luck symbol | 28 |
good luck symbol | 68 | club joy luck summary | 27 |
luck stone | 64 | luck spell | 25 |
luck factor | 62 | better luck tommorow | 24 |
lady luck las vegas | 54 | lady luck casino las vegas | 23 |
hard luck | 46 | good luck gift | 22 |
urine luck | 45 | luck new press whammy | 22 |
pot luck recipe | 44 | spells for luck | 21 |
bad constantly dun get good if it it luck luck....n p send send till u u u will | 21 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "luck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lot (destiny, fate, fortune, ill fate), kans (chance), geluk (happiness). (various references) | |
Albanian | shans (chance, fortuity, hap, hazard, hit, look in, odds, opening, opportunity, possibility, prayer), kësmet (destiny, share), fatmirësi (happiness), fatbardhësi (happiness, well being), fat (chance, circumstance, cup, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, happiness, hit, kismet, lot, lottery, mercy, portion, predetermine, share, spouse, weird). (various references) | |
Arabic | حظ (fate, part), نصيب (destiny, fortune, lot, odds, portion, quota, share, slice, whack), حسن الطالع, حظ (cast, chance, fluke, fortune, show), توفيق (accommodation, approvingly, god speed, reconcile, success). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съдба (chance, destiny, dispensation, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, kismet, line, lot, portion, star, weird), щастие (blessedness, bliss, felicity, fortune, happiness, rejoicing, speed, star), късмет (cast, chance, fortune, godsend, hap, hit, jam, kismet, pudding-bag, score, stroke of luck). (various references) | |
Chinese | 運氣 , 運 (fate, fortune, to move, to transport, to user), 运气, 幸運 (fortunate, fortune, lucky). (various references) | |
Czech | zdar (speed, success, welfare, well being), štìstí (cess, felicity, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, sunshine, utility). (various references) | |
Danish | held. (various references) | |
Dutch | mazzel, geluk (happiness, prosperity, success), buitenkansje, bof (mumps). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sorto (destiny, fate, fortune), bonŝanco, ŝanco (chance). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lagna (destiny, fate, fortune, ill fate), vánir (chance), møguleiki (chance, possibility), eydna (happiness). (various references) | |
Farsi | خوشبختی (Serendipity), اقبال (Fortuity, Grace), شانس (Chance, Fortuity, Fortune, Odds), بخت (Chance, Die, Grace). (various references) | |
Finnish | osa (component, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, part, piece, portion, proportion, rōle, role, share, volume), onni (fortune, happiness, success), myötäinen onni (good fortune), mahdollisuus (chance, possibility). (various references) | |
French | chance (a bit of luck, piece of luck), sort, fortune (luxuriancy). (various references) | |
Frisian | gelok (happiness). (various references) | |
German | Glück (auspiciousness, beatitudes, bliss, chance, felicity, fortunateness, fortune, good luck, happiness, luckiness, mercy, prosperity). (various references) | |
Greek | τύχη (betide, chance, destiny, fortuity, fortune, fortunes, hap, random, stroke of luck). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזל (chance, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luckiness, planet), אשר (beatitude, bliss, felicity, happiness, that, well being, which, who), הצלחה (prosperity, success, successfulness), גדא, גד (fortune, success), ברכה (beatitude, benediction, benefit, blessing, boon, congratulation, felicitation, gift, greeting, hail, profit, salute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerencse (chance, felicity, fluke, fortune, happiness, hit, it's a good job that, mercy, piece of luck, scoop, stroke of good luck), véletlen (accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, coincidence, contingent, fortuitous, fortune, hap, haphazard, happenstance, hazard, incidental, occasional, promiscuous, random, unwitting). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vera heppinn (be lucky, have good luck), vera óheppinn (have bad luck). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rezeki (blessing (of God), fortune, livelihood), peruntungan (fortune), keuntungan (advantage, net, vantage), keberuntungan. (various references) | |
Irish | t-ádh. (various references) | |
Italian | fortuna (chance, emergency, fortune, godsend, luckiness, success). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 運勢 , 運 (fortune), 僥倖 (fortuitous, godsend, good fortune, windfall), 僥 (desire, seek), 果報 (good fortune, happiness), 気運 (opportunity, tendency, trend), 幸せ (blessing, good fortune, happiness), 幸せ (blessing, good fortune, happiness), 倖せ (blessing, good fortune, happiness), 倖 (happiness), 冥利 (advantage, favor, providence), つかみ取る (to get, to grasp), 天運 (destiny, will of Heaven), 仕合わせ (blessing, good fortune, happiness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎょうこう (fortuitous, godsend, good fortune, Imperial visit, the light of dawn, windfall), ぎょう (congeal, desire, freeze, Imperial reign, line, row, seek, verse), きうん (opportunity, tendency, trend), しあわせ (blessing, good fortune, happiness), うんせい, うん (fortune), つき , かほう (addition, artillery, extra allowance, family code, good fortune, happiness, heirloom, lower part, lower region, overpraise, slump), こう (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), みょうり (advantage, fame and fortune, favor, providence), てんうん (destiny, will of Heaven). (various references) | |
Korean | 운 (Canal, fortune, rhymed, rhyming). (various references) | |
Malay | kesempatan (chance). (various references) | |
Manx | baill (prosperity, tone), aigh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lykke (felicity, fortune, happilyness, happiness), hell. (various references) | |
Papiamen | destino (destiny, fate, fortune), chèns (chance). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ucklay.(various references) | |
Polish | traf, szczęście, szansa (chance). (various references) | |
Portuguese | sorte (chance, destiny, die, dole, draw, fate, fluke, fortune, hap, haphazard, happiness, hazard, hit, lot, lottery, prise, prize, sort, speed, star, swat). (various references) | |
Romanian | soartã (chance, destiny, dole, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, future, hap, kismet, line, lot, portion, Rede, weird), noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, score, star, strike, success, your health), destin (chance, destiny, dole, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, line, lot), şansã (cast, chance, fortune, liberty, luckiness, opening, question), întâmplare (accident, adventure, case, chance, contingency, event, fact, fate, hap, happening, happenstance, hazard, incidence, incident, occasionality, occurrence, passage). (various references) | |
Russian | удача (chance, die, dream ticket, godsend, good innings, good luck, happiness, lucky break, piece of luck, score, stroke of luck, success). (various references) | |
Scottish | seanns, sealbh (possession), rath (advantage, prosperity), piseach (good fortune, prosperity, success), biseach, amhartan, àgh (happiness, prosperity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sreća (blessedness, blessing, chance, felicity, fortune, good luck, hap, happiness, joy). (various references) | |
Sotho | bomadimabe (bad luck). (various references) | |
Spanish | suerte (chance, destination, destiny, die, factories, fatalism, fate, fortune, happiness, kind, luckiness, piece of luck, sort, try). (various references) | |
Swahili | bahati. (various references) | |
Swedish | tur (drive, excursion, figure, fluke, hap, outing, ride, round, stroll, there, tour, trip, turn, walk). (various references) | |
Tagalog | pagkakátaon (chance). (various references) | |
Thai | โชคชะตา (fate, kismet, lot), โชคดี (get a lucky break, happy, jammy, luckily, lucky). (various references) | |
Turkish | tâlih (auspiciousness, chance, fate, fortune, karma), baht (chance, fortune, hap, happiness, Moira), şans (auspiciousness, chance, fluke, flukey, fluky, fortune, good luck, hap, hazard, hit, inning, innings, odds, opportunity, shot, show, star, turnup), alinyazisi (destiny, fate, fortune). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bagt. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | успіх (achievement, advance, advancement, big time, career, hit, prosperity, success), щастя (chance, felicity, fortune, happiness), талан (allotment, bonzer, fortune). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vận đỏ (chancy, luckiness), vận (fortune), sự may rủi vận may. (various references) | |
Welsh | lwc. (various references) | |
Yucatec | loob (accident, bad luck, injury, wound). (various references) | |
Zulu | inhlanhla (happiness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fors fortis, fors-itis, fortûna, forte, fortem, fortes, forti, fortibus, fortis, fortium, fortuna, fortunae, mercurium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "luck": lucked, luckie, luckier, luckies, luckiest, luckily, luckiness, luckinesses, lucking, luckless, lucks, lucky. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "luck": cluck, muckluck, pluck, potluck. (additional references) | |
Words containing "luck": clucked, clucking, clucks, mucklucks, plucked, plucker, pluckers, pluckier, pluckiest, pluckily, pluckiness, pluckinesses, plucking, plucks, plucky, potlucks, unluckier, unluckiest, unluckily, unluckiness, unluckinesses, unlucky. (additional references) | |
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"Luck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aluco, Auck, Glock, Glushko, kuck, Lauck, lcu, Lecc, licik, Liuski, Ljupco, llock, locc, Locko, lokc, luc, luca, lucci, Lucco, luch, Luick, luk, lukk, Lunk, luoc, lux, Uccc, uck, Ucko, ukccc, Ulc, Ulci, Ulick, Uluk, zuck. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "luck" (pronounced lu"k) |
| 3 | l u" k | cluck, pluck. |
| 2 | -u" k | amok, amuck, buck, chuck, duck, guck, Huck, muck, Puck, ruck, schmuck, Shuck, snuck, struck, stuck, suck, truck, tuck, unstuck, yuck, yuk. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-k-l-u" | |
+1 letter: caulk, cluck, clunk, lucks, lucky, pluck, sculk. | |
+2 letters: buckle, caulks, clucks, clunks, clunky, huckle, lockup, lucked, luckie, muckle, plucks, plucky, ruckle, sculks, suckle, unlock. | |
+3 letters: buckled, buckler, buckles, bullock, caulked, caulker, chuckle, clucked, clunked, clunker, cuckold, cuplike, gunlock, huckles, knuckle, knuckly, locknut, lockout, lockups, luckier, luckies, luckily, lucking, muckily, muckles, mullock, plucked, plucker, potluck, quickly, rackful, ruckled, ruckles, sackful, sculked, sculker, suckled, suckler, suckles, truckle, unblock, uncloak, unlocks, unlucky. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Cities 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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