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1. (n.) puck
a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is hit into the goal in a game of ice hockey.
2. (n.) Puck
a mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME pouke, OE pūca; c. ON pūki a mischievous demon)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Puck, Robin Goodfellow
a mischievous sprite of English folklore
2. (noun) puck, hockey puck
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Puck
a celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc
2. (noun) Puck
the goatsucker
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Puck
a tricky, mischievous fairy, identified with Robin Goodfellow, and sometimes confounded with a house spirit, propitiated by kind words and the liberty of the cream-bowl.
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