puckish

[ puhk-ish ]

/ ˈpʌk ɪʃ /

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adjective (often initial capital letter)

mischievous; impish.

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Origin of puckish

First recorded in 1870–75; Puck + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM puckish

puck·ish·ly, adjectivepuck·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby puckish

puck control, pucker, puckerood, puckery, puck hog, puckish, puckout, pud, pudding, pudding club, pudding-pipe tree

How to use puckish in a sentence

Tony McNamara, who scripted Stone’s puckish mischief in The Favourite, is one writer.
Counterpoint: Disney’s Girlboss ‘Cruella’ Actually Rules|Kevin Fallon|May 28, 2021|The Daily Beast
Wherever he turned up, he brought aspects uncommon to the setting, especially his reservoir of puckish wit.
Bob Baffert, long horse racing’s irreverent king, sits on a precarious throne|Chuck Culpepper, Gus Garcia-Roberts|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
“Sociable” and “puckish” is how a Toledo Blade headline described them in 1957.
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With a puckish grin, he ordered his entourage, including several generals, to line up and join him in—how shall one put it?
Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush|Michael F. Bishop|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

BORN THIS WEEK Rafael Nadal (June 3, 1986) Gemini is ruled by winged Mercury, named for the puckish god of tricksters.
Horoscopes: May 29-June 4, 2011|Starsky + Cox|May 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
That there may be an Eternal Puckish Malice arranging and deranging human destinies is another question.
Jaffery|William J. Locke
A puckish thought crossed her mind, sending a flash of slightly cynical laughter through her quiet eyes.
Elizabeth's Campaign|Mrs. Humphrey Ward
Gives you an impression, perhaps by the brightness of his eyes, of Puckish mirth playing within his mind.
Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday
As the kittens grew older, they had the run of the house, which they filled with elfin mirth of motion and reels of Puckish revel.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road|Katharine Lee Bates
This "Discourse" is appreciably more puckish in tone than the earlier two-thirds of Chambers' published "Chinese" work.
An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, Gent.|Sir William Chambers