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puck
CIDE DICTIONARY
puck, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.].
- A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also
Robin Goodfellow ,Friar Rush ,Pug , etc. Shak. [1913 Webster]"He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall." [1913 Webster] - The goatsucker. [1913 Webster]
puck, n.
A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
puck, n. a rubber disc used as a ball in ice hockey.
puck, n.
1 a mischievous or evil sprite.
2 a mischievous child.
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
THESAURUS
puck
Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, bad fairy, bad peri, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, elf, erlking, gremlin, imp, kobold, little devil, pixie, poltergeist, puck, sprite, tokoloshe, young devilROGET THESAURUS
puck
Demon
N demon, daemon, demonry, demonology, evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil, bad spirit, unclean spirit, cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba, Frankenstein's monster, Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman, fury, harpy, Friar Rush, vampire, ghoul, afreet, barghest, Loki, ogre, ogress, gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia, bogie, bogeyman, bogle, nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.For further exploring for "puck" in Webster Dictionary Online
