Meaning of luck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
   uncountable, usually
3. To gain success or something desirable by chance: lucked into a good apartment; lucked out in finding that rare book.
4. bliss
5. A favourable chance occurrence.
   especially, uncountable, usually
6. As it turned out; as it happened: As luck would have it, it rained the day of the picnic.
7. feminine singular of dicho
8. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
   uncountable, usually
9. Enjoying success; fortunate.
10. Success.
    uncountable, usually
11. Lacking good fortune.
12. The results of a random number generator.
    uncountable, usually
13. To risk one's good fortune, often by acting overconfidently.
14. To attempt something without knowing if one will be successful.
15. unfortunate. luckless children. ongelukkig سَيِّئ الحَظ нещастен infeliz nešťastný unglücklich uheldig άτυχοςdesafortunado õnnetu بدبخت epäonninen malchanceux חֲסַר מַזָל अभागा nesretan peches malang óheppinn sfortunato 不運な 재수 없는, 불운한 nelaimingas, nesėkmingas nelaimīgs; neveiksmīgs tidak bernasib baik onfortuinlijkuheldig, forfulgt av uhell nieszczęsny, nieszczęśliwy بد بخته infeliz nenorocos, fără noroc несчастливый nešťastný nesrečen, ki nima sreče nesrećan olycklig, otursförföljd โชคร้าย t...
16. gelukkig لِحُسْن الحَظ за щастие com sorte šťastně glücklicherweise heldigvis ευτυχώςafortunadamente õnneks خوشبختانه onnekkaasti heureusementלמרבה המזל भाग्य से sretno szerencsére, szerencsésen untunglah til allrar hamingju, sem betur fer fortunatamente, per fortuna 幸運にも 운 좋게 laimei par laimi; laimīgā kārtā nasib baik gelukkigheldigvis, til alt hellna szczęście خوشبختانه com sorte din fericire к счастью šťastne na srečo srećom lyckligtvis โชคดี şans eseri, Allahtan 幸運地 на щастя, щасливо خوش ...
17. geluk حُسْن الحَظ късмет sorte štěstí das Glück held τύχηsuerte õnn خوشبختی onnekkuus chanceמזל सौभाग्यशाली sreća szerencsés volta vminek kemujuran heppni fortuna 運のよさ 운이 좋음 laimė, sėkmė veiksme; veiksmīgums nasib baik het boffen hellszczęście خوشبختى sorte noroc везенье šťastie sreča sreća tursamhet ความโชคดี şanslılık, talihlilik 幸運 щастя, везіння خوش قسمتی sự may mắn 幸运
18. a form of amusement at a fair etc in which prizes are drawn from a container without the taker seeing what he is getting. grabbelsak, verrassingsak غُرْفَة حَظ теглене на късмет pescaria tombola der Glücksbeutel fiskedam είδος λοταρίας caja de sorpresas õnneõngitsemine کیسه شانس onginta pêche miraculeuse שָׂקִית הַפתָעוֹת lonac iz kojeg se izvlače dobici na lutriji szerencsés fogás/találat permainan pancingan lukkudráttur pesca 福引き箱 경품 상자 laimės šulinys laimes aka (loterijā) cabutan bertuah g...
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Equivalents

Examples

“The raffle is just a matter of luck.”

“Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.”

“Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.”

“I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.”

“He blew on the dice for luck.”

“I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.”

“Shepard: We better get moving. Dr. Warren: Good luck, Commander. Dr. Manuel: Luck won't save you.”

“I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.”

“He has a lot of luck with the ladies. Perhaps it's because of his new motorbike.”

“The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.”

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