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How to use puck in a sentence

38 example sentences · noun, verb

Puck means a mischievous or hostile spirit. Example: “There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.”

Examples of puck by meaning

nounA 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

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

  • The game itself, though played by men, was probably meant to enact a mediation of the opposites of male and female, with a circular puck being the feminine symbol and the phallic hockey stick being the masculine symbol.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London...

nounAn object shaped like a puck.

  • He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck.2004, Art Directors Annual, volume 83, Rotovision, page 142

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

  • The puck position is allowed during competitions when performing multi-twisting multiple somersaults.2013, The Sports Book: The Sports, the Rules, the Tactics, the Techniques

More sentences with puck

  • There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.From the entry hack
  • The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.From the entry loose
  • If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.From the entry ice
  • The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.From the entry check
  • Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck.From the entry zone
  • He hit the puck hard up the ice.From the entry hard
  • The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.From the entry check
  • Cederstrand was all over the ice, whipping his sled around and firing pucks into the net.2018 August 8, Bill Graveland, “'I'll get better': Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player working to improve at sledge hockey”, in CBC. From the entry insane
  • Puck makes a face at him as the others dive into the food.2017, E. M. Holloway, A Wolf In Hunter's Clothing, →ISBN. From the entry judginess
  • We have a gorgeous flat in Rathmines and his people send us pucks of money.2016, Elaine Crowley, A Man Made to Measure. From the entry pucks
  • It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times. From the entry huzun
  • Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.2008 April 17, Dave Stubbs, “Lots of life left in Bruins”, in The Gazette, Montreal, retrieved 13 May 2008. From the entry stickhandle
  • Are you just trying to rag the puck and kill time until the new Sonatas arrive?2004 September 30, Michael Vaughan, “Five Questions for President, CEO Hyundai Canada”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto, retrieved 12 May 2008. From the entry rag the puck
  • Not only does he keep pucks out of the net, he keeps secrets too.2001 April 25, “Joseph hints at hurt hand”, in cbcsports.ca, Canada, retrieved 09 Aug 2008. From the entry cat that ate the canary
  • But he also has the uncanny ability to sense where the puck is heading.1991, David W. Conklin, Lucie Deschênes, Canada's Information Revolution, page 45. From the entry where the puck is heading
  • However, a new puck palace in the Manitoba capital could eventually have a connection with Calgary hockey.1954 March 20, Gorde Hunter, “The Neutral Zone”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 11 May 2011, page 34. From the entry puck palace
  • Much of the third period was a stalemate, with the Illini successfully clearing out the puck and playing prevent defense.2019 September 30, Carson Gourdie, The Daily Illini, hockey. From the entry prevent defense
  • Coach Pittman snatched the puck out of midair.2015, Marty McKnight, Jim Nasium Is a Hockey Hazard, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry yoink
  • We're kind of running the clock here and there's a question as to whether the government's ragging the puck.2010 June 12, Michael Ignatieff, “Harper may be ‘ragging the puck’ on detainee records: Ignatieff”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto, retrieved…. From the entry rag the puck
  • After passing the puck, the center immediately breaks to the front of the net, making certain to stay onside.2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 178. From the entry onside
  • Former teammate Derek Sanderson recalls that Maki hit Ted from behind as Green was clearing the puck from the Boston zone.2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler, Who's who in Hockey. From the entry spear
  • It was easily the most spirited battle of speed and brawn offered in the Detroit puck palace this winter.1936 December 21, Vern DeGeer, “Wings Beat Bruins 4-3”, in Windsor Daily Star, Canada, retrieved 11 May 2011, page 3. From the entry puck palace
  • Either I slide the puck right onto AJ's feet, or it glides to a stop in the dead center of the table.2015, Elisabeth Staab, At the Stars. From the entry suckage
  • My younger brother, Brendan, mentioned that she loved her garden, spent pucks of time mucking around in it, even read books on the matter.2013, Larry Kirwan, Green Suede Shoes: An Irish-American Odyssey. From the entry pucks
  • In which method of receiving the puck—with a fixed stick or a loose-handed stick—do you apply a bigger force to the puck?2013, Robert Gardner, The Physics of Sports Science Projects, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry loose-handed
  • Frolov outbattled Rangers defenseman Fedor Tyutin for the puck behind the Rangers’ net and passed in front to Anze Kopitar for an open shot.2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times. From the entry outbattle
  • Silly though it was, she was feeling semiconspicuous sitting there alone, wondering if the surrounding families thought she was a puck bunny.2005, Deirdre Martin, Total Rush. From the entry semiconspicuous
  • He let VGK defenseman Shea Theodore have the passing lane that Theodore used to get the puck through a lot of bodies to an open Tomas Nosek.2018, Alex Kushner, Eric Stephen, “The Golden Knights beat the Capitals in a dramatic Stanley Cup Game 1”, in SB Nation. From the entry VGK
  • After a quick crash course – involving snorkelling, diving and puck control – with accomplished Octopusher and alumnus athlete Adam (I know, what a coincidence) I was game-ready.2017 November 1, Adam Philpott, “Nouse Tries...Octopush”, in Nouse. From the entry octopusher
  • New people are often hired because they bring ideas and skills needed to take a company where the puck is heading, not where it is today.2014, Malachi O'Connor, Barry Dornfeld, The Moment You Can't Ignore: When Big Trouble Leads to a Great Future. From the entry where the puck is heading
  • Billy flashing the blade of the stick back down iceward (slap), and rocketing the hard black puck against the plain pine boards staked up against the wall of Mr.1988 January 15, David Allen Jones, “The Boys of Winter”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry iceward
  • When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should be skating his lane.1976, Kevin Walsh, Hockey for beginners, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry skate one's lane
  • Because they have carried the puck so often and for so many miles, centers are usually the most experienced stickmen, and their talents are necessary to win a face-off.1972, Gerald Eskenazi, A Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Hockey, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 41. From the entry stickman
  • Puck carriers will often use the blade of the hockey stick in timing a deke or fake (if one is used) to get around an opponent.1971, Gerald A. Walford, Ice hockey: an illustrated guide for coaches. From the entry deke

Meaning of puck

  1. noun A mischievous or hostile spirit.
  2. noun The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
  3. verb To hit, strike.

Full definition of puck

Questions about puck in a sentence

How do you use puck in a sentence?
Puck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.”
What is a short sentence with puck?
“Coach Pittman snatched the puck out of midair.”
What does puck mean?
Puck means a mischievous or hostile spirit.

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