'Luck' definitions:
Definition of 'luck'
(from WordNet)
noun
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
noun
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck, fortune, chance, hazard]
noun
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand" [syn: luck, fortune]
Definition of 'Luck'
From: GCIDE
- Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl["u]ck, Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to entice. Cf. 3d Gleck.] 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 by itself to mean good luck; as, luck is better than skill; a stroke of luck. [1913 Webster]
- If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. [Prov. Eng.]
- To be in luck, to receive some good, or to meet with some success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'luck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- accidentality,
- actuarial calculation,
- adventitiousness,
- blessing,
- break,
- bump,
- calculated risk,
- capriciousness,
- casualness,
- chance,
- chances,
- chanciness,
- changeableness,
- destiny,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fate,
- felicity,
- fickleness,
- flier,
- fluke,
- flukiness,
- fortuitousness,
- fortuity,
- fortunateness,
- fortune,
- fortunes,
- gamble,
- good fortune,
- good luck,
- hap,
- happenstance,
- happy chance,
- happy fortune,
- hazard,
- heedless hap,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- hit,
- how they fall,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indeterminateness,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- irresolution,
- law of averages,
- light,
- lot,
- luckiness,
- meet,
- moira,
- occasion,
- opportunity,
- play,
- plunge,
- principle of indeterminacy,
- probability,
- problematicness,
- random sample,
- randomness,
- risk,
- run of luck,
- serendipity,
- smiles of fortune,
- speculation,
- statistical probability,
- stroke of luck,
- stumble,
- suspense,
- suspensefulness,
- the breaks,
- theory of probability,
- tumble,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- vacillation,
- venture,
- whatever comes,
- whimsicality
Luck, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Luck, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
1210
Housing Units (2000) :
572
Land area (2000) :
1.849465 sq. miles (4.790091 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.593145 sq. miles (1.536238 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.442610 sq. miles (6.326329 sq. km)
FIPS code :
46200
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
45.570499 N, 92.474760 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
54853
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.