English Explanatory Dictionary

puck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mischievous or hostile spirit.
  2. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
verb
  1. To hit, strike.
noun
  1. A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
  2. An object shaped like a puck.
  3. A pointing device with a crosshair.
  4. A penalty shot.
noun
  1. billy goat
noun
  1. A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
name
  1. A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
  2. One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.

Pronunciation

pŭk /pʌk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puck.wav /pʊk/

Word forms

puck pucks pucking pucked

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

goblin and fairy Robin Goodfellow faerie faery fairy fay sprite puck

Derived words

puckish hockey puck ice hockey puck puck bunny puck carrier puck chaser puck chasing puck crown puck-dribbling puck-handler puckhandler puck-handling puckle pucklike puck palace puck-pusher puck sense puck-shy puckster puckstopper puckstopping rag the puck shuffleboard puck shufflepuck side puck urinal puck where the puck is heading where the puck is going Puckian
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