Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
Definition of potluck - 5 dictionary results
Fresh Produce at Safeway
 Find Fresh Locally Grown Produce at Safeway Today. Learn More Now!
 Safeway.com/Summer
Potluck Sign-Up Sheet
 Free and easy-to-use template to coordinate a potluck party.
 www.centerd.com
fresh&easy
 High-quality food you can afford. Open daily. Stop by today.
 www.freshandeasy.com

pot⋅luck

  [pot-luhk, -luhk]
Use potluck in a Sentence
–noun
1. food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
2. Also called potluck supper, potluck dinner, potluck lunch. a meal, esp. for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared.
3. whatever is available or comes one's way: With fluctuating interest rates, homebuyers are learning to take potluck with the banks.
Origin:
1585–95; pot 1 + luck
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To potluck
Fresh Produce at Safeway
 Find Fresh Locally Grown Produce at Safeway Today. Learn More Now!
 Safeway.com/Summer
Potluck Sign-Up Sheet
 Free and easy-to-use template to coordinate a potluck party.
 www.centerd.com
pot·luck   (pŏt'lŭk')   
n.  
  1. Whatever food happens to be available for a meal, especially when offered to a guest: Having arrived unannounced for supper, we had to take potluck.
  2. A meal at which each guest brings food that is then shared by all. Also called potluck supper.
  3. Whatever is available at a particular time: The scheduled flight was canceled and passengers had to take potluck on the other airlines.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Potluck

Pot"luck`\, n. Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal.

A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. --G. Eliot.

To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be provided.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source

potluck 
1592, from pot (1) + luck, with notion of "one's luck or chance as to what may be in the pot."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

potluck

see take potluck.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see potluck on Thesaurus | Reference
fresh&easy
 High-quality food you can afford. Open daily. Stop by today.
 www.freshandeasy.com
Quick & Easy Recipes
 Find Healthy & Fun Recipes Your Family Will Love.
 www.Family.com