luck

luck is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

low - luck - lunch

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /lʌk/ or [lɐk]
• (US) IPA ^(key): /lʌk/

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Noun

Singular luck

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Someone who has good luck is someone who regularly has good things happen to them, almost as if by magic.

   Many people believe the number 13 will bring you bad luck.

Verb

Plain form luck

Third-person singular lucks

Past tense lucked

Past participle lucked

Present participle lucking

1. (intransitive) To succeed by chance.

   He lucked into a great job.

Related words

• lucky
• luckily
• unlucky
• hard luck