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lucky - 5 dictionary results

luck⋅y

1[luhk-ee]
–adjective, luck⋅i⋅er, luck⋅i⋅est.
1. having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
2. happening fortunately: a lucky accident.
3. bringing or foretelling good luck, or supposed to do so: a lucky penny.

Origin:
1495–1505; luck + -y 1


luck⋅i⋅ness, noun


1. favored. See fortunate. 3. auspicious, propitious, favorable.


1. unfortunate.

luck⋅y

2[luhk-ee]
–noun, plural luck⋅ies. Scot.
1. a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, esp. a grandmother; granny.
2. a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid.
Also, luckie.


Origin:
1710–20; luck + -y 2
luck·y   (lŭk'ē)   
adj.   luck·i·er, luck·i·est
  1. Having or attended by good luck. See Synonyms at happy.
  2. Occurring by chance; fortuitous.
  3. Believed to bring good luck: hoped to draw a lucky number.
luck'i·ness n.

Lucky

Luck"y\, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]

1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." --Spenser.

2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.

We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.

Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
Language Translation for : lucky
Spanish: afortunado,
German: Glück haben,
Japanese: 幸運な
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