puck

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's…

   The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

3. 3

   To hit, strike.

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   1. 4

      A hard rubber disc

      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.
      • 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.
   2. 5

      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.
   3. 6

      A pointing device with a crosshair.

   4. 7

      A penalty shot.

   5. 8

      billy goat

   6. 9

      A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded…

      A 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.
   7. 10

      A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.

   8. 11

      One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.

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• synonymgoblin and fairy