pouk

Noun (1)

puck (plural pucks)

1. (archaic) A mischievous or hostile spirit.
   • William Tyndale allotted this character a role, of leading nocturnal travellers astray as the puck had been said to do since Anglo-Saxon times and the goblin since the later medieval period.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 232
2. The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

   Synonyms:

   Robin Goodfellow, faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite

Noun (2)

puck (plural pucks)

1. A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
   • In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck’, is used.1886 February 28, Boston Daily Globe, page 2
2. (Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
   • He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal puck.2004, Art Directors Annual, volume 83, Rotovision, page 142
3. A pointing device with a crosshair.
4. (hurling) A penalty shot.

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