American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse
events; fortune: They met one day out of pure luck. - n. Good
fortune or prosperity; success: We wish you luck. - n. One's
personal fate or lot: It was just my luck to win a trip I
couldn't take. - v. Informal To gain success or something
desirable by chance: lucked into a good apartment; lucked out in
finding that rare book. - idiom. as luck would have it As it
turned out; as it happened: As luck would have it, it rained the
day of the picnic. - idiom. in luck Enjoying success; fortunate.
- idiom. out of luck Lacking good fortune. - idiom. press To
risk one's good fortune, often by acting overconfidently. -
idiom. try (one's) luck To attempt something without knowing if
one will be successful. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n.
Fortune; hap; that which happens to a person by chance,
conceived as having a real tendency to be favorable or
unfavorable, or as if there were an inward connect