potluck

[ pot-luhk, -luhk ]
/ ˈpɒtˌlʌk, -ˈlʌk /

noun

food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
Also called potluck supper, potluck dinner, potluck lunch. a meal, especially for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared.
whatever is available or comes one's way: With fluctuating interest rates, homebuyers are learning to take potluck with the banks.

Origin of potluck

First recorded in 1585–95; pot1 + luck

British Dictionary definitions for pot luck

pot luck

noun informal

  1. whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  2. (as modifier)a pot-luck dinner
whatever is available (esp in the phrase take pot luck)

Idioms and Phrases with pot luck

potluck

see take potluck.