flook

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proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

flook1

nounflook (plural flooks)

plural flooks

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of fluke (“blade at the end of an anchor”).
    1 more example

    Halberts differ very little from the bill, being like them conſtructed both for puſhing and cutting: a halbert conſiſts of three parts, the ſpear, or ſometimes a kind of ſvvord blade for puſhing, an ax, or hatchet for ſtriking and cutting, and a flook or hook for pulling down faſcines, in the attack of trenches, or temporary fortifications.

    1786, Francis Grose, “Morris Pikes”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, pages 51–52

Flook2

proper nounFlook (plural Flooks)

plural Flooks · alternative Fluke

Origin

  1. GermanFluck
  2. EnglishFlook

Various origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Flóki. * Altered spelling of German Fluck.

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APA

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Chicago

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