(n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.
Example Sentences:
(1) As luck would have it, the outgoing Bartlet and his successor, Matt Santos, are currently dealing with a foreign crisis, too.
(2) We can inhabit only one version of being human – the only version that survives today – but what is fascinating is that palaeoanthropology shows us those other paths to becoming human, their successes and their eventual demise, whether through failure or just sheer bad luck.
(3) Obama will meet with Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow as well, but US envoy George Mitchell has had no luck in recent weeks trying to persuade Netanyahu to compromise on the settlements.
(4) Song appeared to give Bolt a good luck charm to wear around his wrist.
(5) I thought we rode our luck in the first 20 minutes here.
(6) Good luck, rather than good genes, may be the key reason why some people are protected from certain cancers while others develop the disease, according to a new study.
(7) I wish he and Rosemary all the luck in the world...They should know there is much to enjoy in life even if you have been forced out because of circumstances.
(8) He said his longevity in the face of multiple drug abuse over decades was just luck, and advised others not to follow his lead.
(9) His previous strokes of luck include being appointed chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the highest-paid quango boss in the UK, and being knighted for "services to regeneration" despite not being a Time Lord.
(10) Seth Smith makes the final out of the A's season, which is a good luck charm for the Boston Red Sox, as Smith made the final out for the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series that Boston won.
(11) Thom Majka, a sales rep who keeps his Indians cap on through every game for good luck, said: “These fans couldn’t care less about the election.
(12) Hugh Pennington, a microbiology expert, said on Saturday that luck will play a role in Cafferkey’s survival chances because experts still do not know enough about the virus.
(13) A ccents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry – but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.
(14) So a striker needs also a bit of luck and then the confidence is higher but he’s self-confident so I expect he shall score and maybe against Chelsea .” So far Van Persie has remained injury free, which is a fillip after previously admitting to managing persistent issues for years.
(15) If the Spaniard’s bad luck in hitting a post was expected, the sight of Stambouli, a lumbering figure in the first 45 minutes, confidently sweeping home the rebound certainly prompted a double take.
(16) So tough luck for my friend Jennifer, who wanted to take an HND in plastering and brickwork.
(17) Good luck telling your manager you fancy a day off.
(18) Photograph: Alamy You’ll hear the traditional dance music pulsing out everywhere from dark bars, and seeing it involves decisions or luck.
(19) You'll find this helpful: How to get into media Best of luck!
(20) If that was a stroke of luck Everton were even luckier in the second half, when Joe Allen made his contribution to derby folklore with what may well be the miss of the season.
Puck
Definition:
(n.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
(n.) The goatsucker.
Example Sentences:
(1) A good example is Apple TV: Can it possibly generate real money at $100 a puck?
(2) At stake: rice cakes, a gift basket, and a somewhat condescending hockey puck.
(3) 3.21am BST Puck drops... We're back, and we have action.
(4) 2.44am BST Kings 3-3 Blackhawks, 2:42, 2nd period A two-on one break for the Hawks - Shaw is skating with the puck across the blue line, passes to Niklas Hjalmarsson, who gives it back, cross ice to Shaw who fires and is denied!
(5) Dadd's three paintings Puck (1841), A Fairy – Sunset (1841-42) and Come unto these Yellow Sands (1842) are elegant and precise – the Puck is a baby, sitting on a mushroom in moonlight under a columbine dripping with dewdrops, among grasses also beaded with water, and watches much smaller naked dancers cavorting below him.
(6) Jagr nearly won it for Boston in the closing seconds of the second OT when the puck deflected off him and hit the post.
(8) 1.41am BST Rangers 0-1 Kings, 09:01, 1st period Hagelin puts the puck on net, Quick saves.
(9) Jeff Carter’s puck passed the line with approximately 0.07 seconds left in the first, delivering a devastating blow to New York.
(10) Also, the Kings were able to force key turnovers, none more important than Girardi's misstep that led to the winning goal from Justin Williams - the Rangers simply must be more careful with the puck to win.
(11) It was also possible to demonstrate that for a given speed of the puck the more flexible stick required a smaller force than the rigid one.
(12) Galactokinase deficient fibroblasts are not distinguishable from galactosemic fibroblasts by a test suggested earlier by Hill & Puck (1973).
(13) Pucks flew across the crease as the Habs ran heavy traffic around the netminder.
(14) 3.56am BST Kings 1-2 Rangers, 1:11, 3rd period Martinez shoots - Pearson redirects - where's the puck?
(15) But King was in the crease and The King could not move to get the puck - the refs ignore the obvious interference and the goal stands!
(16) That's what we're about to find out, but before the puck drops, and even after, why not join the blog, because, as we like to say, our blog is your blog.
(17) Now another chance for LA - off the faceoff - Brown gets the puck behind the pack, he's in front of the net but fires into the chest of Lundqvist!
(18) 1.31am BST Kings 0-0 Rangers, 13:44, first period Now it's Anze Kopitar carrying, carrying, behind the net, controlling, and now he's trying to wrap around, but it's off the blade of his stick and the puck slides across the crease.
(19) 3.17am BST Kings 3-0 Rangers, 16:57, third period The Kings carry the puck for a decent chunk of the advantage, mostly thanks to Anze Kopitar.
(20) Finally the ref stops play - but the puck is just inches in front of the goal line!