Meaning

8 senses
  1. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

  2. A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

  3. (Canada)An object shaped like a puck.

  4. A pointing device with a crosshair.

  5. A penalty shot.

  6. (Ireland)Billy goat

  7. A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.

  8. (archaic)A mischievous or hostile spirit.

    a mischievous sprite of English folklore

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom passed the puck to Mary.

    deTom spielte den Puck zu Maria ab.

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  2. An ice hockey puck isn't ball-shaped.

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  3. An ice hockey puck is not spherical.

    deEin Eishockey-Puck ist nicht kugelförmig.

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  4. The puck of ice hockey is not spherical.

    ruХоккейная шайба не является шарообразной.

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  5. Tom shot the puck into his own net.

    deTom schlug die Scheibe ins eigene Netz.

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Origin

From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West German

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.

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.

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Forms

plural: pucks
Singularpuck
Pluralpucks

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
a small being, human in form who is playful and has magical powers:fairyA1Robin Goodfellowfaeriefayspritefaery
goblin and fairy
Close in meaning
  • a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey:hockey puck
  • a mischievous sprite of English folklore:Robin Goodfellow

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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