puck

¹

[puhk]

noun

1. Ice Hockey.,  a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is to be hit into the goal.

2. Computers, British.,  mouse.

Puck

²

[puhk]

noun

1. Also called hobgoblin. Also called Robin Goodfellow. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. puck, a malicious or mischievous demon or spirit; a goblin.

puck

¹

/ pʌk /

noun

1. a small disc of hard rubber used in ice hockey

2. a stroke at the ball in hurling

3. slang,  a sharp blow

verb

1. to strike (the ball) in hurling

2. slang,  to strike hard; punch

puck

²

/ pʌk /

noun

1. Also called: Robin Goodfellow. (often capital) a mischievous or evil spirit

Other Word Forms

• puckish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

First recorded in 1890–95; alteration of poke ¹

Origin of puck²

First recorded before 1000; Middle English pouke, Old English pūca; cognate with Old Norse pūki a mischievous demon

Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

C19: of unknown origin

Origin of puck²

Old English pūca, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Sullivan spread zippy sharpshooters Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel across two lines and paired them with teammates who excel at distributing the puck.

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Given the speed of the puck, catching it is practically out of the question.

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“We gotta take their sticks out of the way and push them out of the way so he can see the puck.”

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Draisaitl rushed the net with teammate Corey Perry and appeared to be sending a frantic one-handed pass Perry’s way when the puck flicked off a Panther and redirected into the net.

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In other words, Bannon was right to tell the New York Times that Greene is “going where the puck is going.”

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