puck

¹

[ puhk ]

noun

1. Ice Hockey. a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is to be hit into the goal.
2. Computers, British. mouse ( def 4 ).

Puck

²

[ puhk ]

noun

1. Also called Hobgoblin,. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
2. puck, a malicious or mischievous demon or spirit; a goblin.

puck

¹

/ pʌk /

noun

1. a small disc of hard rubber used in ice hockey
2. a stroke at the ball in hurling
3. slang.
   a sharp blow

verb

1. to strike (the ball) in hurling
2. slang.
   to strike hard; punch

puck

²

/ pʌk /

noun

1. often capital a mischievous or evil spirit Also calledRobin Goodfellow

Derived Forms

• ˈpuckish, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

First recorded in 1890–95; alteration of poke ¹

Origin of puck²

First recorded before 1000; Middle English pouke, Old English pūca; cognate with Old Norse pūki a mischievous demon

Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

C19: of unknown origin

Origin of puck²

Old English pūca, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

They were looking at the early voting in the swing states and they figured they had it in the bag, according to Puck's Tara Palmieri:

From Salon

According to Tara Palmieri at Puck, the Mar-a-Lago insiders say this is all because Trump is so assured he's going to win that he's just letting his freak flag fly.

From Salon

Puck’s Estate Truffles are double the size of the average truffle, a recent press release revealed.

From Salon

As Puck reported, the immediate fallout from that line of questioning came from the network’s Standards and Practices division, which found that Dokoupil’s tone of questioning did not meet CBS standards.

From Salon

Fleet, flitting here and there, in front of the orchestra and behind, her Puck seems to become the toh bird.

From Los Angeles Times