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puck

Pronunciation: /pʌk/

The English word “puck” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To hit, strike.

Etymology

From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka.

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