puck

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

pucks

1.
(archaic)(now rare) A mischievous or hostile spirit.
2.
(mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
3.
(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
4.
(Canada)(chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
5.
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
6.
(hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
7.
(Ireland)(Ireland, rustic) billy goat
8.
(trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.

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verb

V_es/s

pucks

V_ing/Gerund

pucking

V_ed/pp

pucked

1.
(Ireland)(chiefly Ireland) To hit, strike.

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From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (goblin, demon), from *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (a goblin, spook), of uncertain origin.