1. puck(n = noun.person) robin goodfellow - a mischievous sprite of English folklore;
is a kind of faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite
2. puck(n = noun.artifact) hockey puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey;
is a kind of disc, disk
1. A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also
"He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall." [1913 Webster]
2. The goatsucker. [1913 Webster]
A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
puck, n. a rubber disc used as a ball in ice hockey.
puck, n.
1 a mischievous or evil sprite.
2 a mischievous child.
Derivative:
puckish adj. puckishly adv. puckishness n. pucklike adj.
Etymology:
OE puca: cf. Welsh pwca, Ir. p{uacute}ca
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