puck

Puck

 (pŭk)

n.

A mischievous sprite in English folklore.

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[Middle English pouke, goblin, from Old English pūca. Sense 2, after the sprite in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare.]

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puck

 (pŭk)

n.

A hard rubber disk used in ice hockey.

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[Perhaps from dialectal puck, to strike.]

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puck

(pʌk)

n

1. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) a small disc of hard rubber used in ice hockey

2. (Team Sports, other than specified) a stroke at the ball in hurling

3. slang Irish a sharp blow

vb (tr)

4. (Team Sports, other than specified) to strike (the ball) in hurling

5. slang Irish to strike hard; punch

[C19: of unknown origin]

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puck

(pʌk)

n

(European Myth & Legend) (often capital) a mischievous or evil spirit. Also called: Robin Goodfellow

[Old English pūca, of obscure origin]

ˈpuckish adj

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puck

(pʌk)

n.

a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is hit into the goal in a game of ice hockey.

[1890–95; compare dial. (Hiberno-E, Canadian Maritimes, Newfoundland) puck a sharp blow, to hit sharply, butt, Irish poc male deer or goat, butt (of a goat), stroke of the stick (in hurling)]

Puck

(pʌk)

n.

a mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[before 1000; Middle English pouke, Old English pūca; c. Old Norse pūki a mischievous demon]

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puck

Past participle: pucked
Gerund: pucking

Imperative

puck

puck

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Puck - a mischievous sprite of English folklore Robin Goodfellow faerie, faery, fay, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
	2.	puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey hockey puck disk, disc - a flat circular plate

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Translations

σφαίρα

paletPuckrondellegalet

jégkorongkorong

discodisco da hockey su ghiaccio

puck

шайба

puck

puck

¹ [pʌk] N (= imp) → duende m (malicioso)

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puck

² [pʌk] N (Sport) → puck m, disco m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

puck

[ˈpʌk] n

(= elf) → lutin m

(ICE HOCKEY) → palet m, rondelle f (Québec)

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puck

¹

n (= goblin) → Kobold m, → Puck m

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puck

²

n (Sport) → Puck m

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puck

[pʌk] n (Ice Hockey) → disco

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