lucked
Stumbled into fortune
Lucked is the past tense of the verb luck, which almost always appears with a directional word.
If you luck out or luck into something, you succeed or obtain it through good fortune rather than skill or effort: I lucked into a parking spot right in front.
In American English, to luck out means to be fortunate, while in British English the same phrase can mean the opposite—to run out of luck.
Staking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- stakesPosts or wagers
- casinoFacility for wagering
poker · roulette · slot-machine · payout · high-roller · blackjack · ante · craps
Lack of predictable pattern
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
odds · accident · fortuity · lottery · toss-up · contingency · uncertainty · incidence
Receiving divine favor
- favoredShown special preference
- charmedPleased or bewitched
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- providentialOpportunely occurring, seemingly fated
advantaged · privileged · propitious · auspicious · serendipitous · kismet · destiny · fate
betting
Staking money on outcomes
casino · poker · roulette · slot-machine · payout · high-roller · blackjack · ante · craps · bookie
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
probability · odds · accident · fortuity · lottery · toss-up · contingency · uncertainty · incidence · draw
blessed
Receiving divine favor
providential · advantaged · privileged · propitious · auspicious · serendipitous · kismet · destiny · fate · windfall
unexpected
Not anticipated beforehand
survived
Remained alive through hardship
- good luckFavorable chance or fortune
- out of luckHaving no fortune
- tough luckDismissive acknowledgment of misfortune
- best of luckEncouraging sendoff phrase
- lucky charmObject thought to bring fortune
- get luckyExperience unexpected fortune
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