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A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: Robin Goodfellow, puck
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name
One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
A mischievous or hostile spirit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
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noun
A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
An object shaped like a puck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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noun
A pointing device with a crosshair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A penalty shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: hurling
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noun
billy goat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
Qualifier: rustic
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noun
A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To hit, strike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hockey puck
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Broader terms: disk, disc
noun
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Robin Goodfellow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
History
From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.
From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka.
From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”). Doublet of buck.
Blend of pike + tuck.
Across languages
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