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Definition lucky in American English

lucky adjective

adjective
/ˈlʌki/
1

if you are lucky, something good happens to you as a result of luck

Example

Five lucky winners will each receive $1,000.

Example

None of his sisters had been lucky with men.

Example

You're lucky that he was there.

Example

It's lucky that I arrived when I did.

Example

You're really lucky to be alive.

Example

I was lucky enough to get a job very easily.

Example

Consider yourself lucky you still have a home to go to.

1.1

happening as a result of good luck and not because of anything that you do

Example

The Knicks won the game on a lucky free throw.

Example

You had a lucky escape.

Example

His first lucky break was meeting a famous movie producer.

1.2

bringing you good luck

Example

a lucky charm

Example

Three is my lucky number.

2

what I/you etc. want is very unlikely to happen

Example

"A pay rise?" "You should be so lucky!"

Definition lucky in American English