pucksy
/ˈpʌksi/
pucksy noun: an area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
Noun (1)
pucksy (plural pucksies)
- An area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
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- In consequence of this neglect, a great part of these roads are subjected to a frightful disease, locally denominated pucksies; these are quagmires, arising from the weak state of the road, which, having no support left, admits the water to sink through, or, in case of springs, to arise from, a bad...1821, Benjamin Wingrove, Remarks on a Bill Now Before Parliament, to Amend the General Laws for Regulating Turnpike-roads: in which are Introduced, Strictures on the Opinions of Mr. M'Adam, on the...
Noun (2)
pucksy (plural pucksies)
Forms of pucksy
| plural | pucksies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pucksey |
| alternative form | puxy |
Origin of pucksy
Unclear. The English Dialect Dictionary and Dictionary of the Scots Language mention a northeastern Scottish (Banff) dialectal word pouk "hole in the ground, usually waterlogged or marshy" which could be related (compare also pughole); the DSL considers that pouk to be the same word as the verb pouk (“to poke, to thrust”), and notes that in Banff pouk also means "dig or excavate in a careless, clumsy way, damage by excavation or holing". Alternatively, compare pock (“pit”). (In the 1800s, Halliwell-Phillipps speculated that the mires might be named in reference to the folk belief that pucksies/pucks (“mischievous or hostile spirits”) led travelers astray, potentially into bogs.
From puck.
Questions about pucksy
- What does pucksy mean?
- Pucksy means an area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
- What part of speech is pucksy?
- Pucksy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pucksy?
- Pucksy is pronounced /ˈpʌksi/.
- What is the plural of pucksy?
- The plural of pucksy is pucksies.
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