"luck" meaning in English

See luck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lʌk/ [UK], /lʌk/ [US] Audio: en-us-luck.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-luck.wav [UK] Forms: luck [singular], [plural]
Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Someone who has good luck is someone who regularly has good things happen to them, almost as if by magic.
    Sense id: simple-luck-en-noun-4b9Ul~x6

Verb

IPA: /lʌk/ [UK], /lʌk/ [US] Audio: en-us-luck.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-luck.wav [UK] Forms: luck [canonical], lucks [third-person, singular], lucked [past], lucked [past, participle], lucking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To succeed by chance.
    Sense id: simple-luck-en-verb-wYjzBDHv Categories (other): Verbs
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