puckishness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Cruise puts the full force of his charisma and kinetic puckishness into this scene, reminding us that he could have had Nicolas Cage’s wackadoo career any time he wanted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
His voice is a little raspier than it once was, but that signature puckishness is fully intact.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020
The site’s puckishness made it famous, but its loose, unconventional standards could get it into trouble.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2017
In “Who By Fire,” from 1974, one of his many songs that is both a list and an incantation, he itemized causes and sites of death, getting morbid while keeping a hint of puckishness:
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2016
The focus on the clock, however, may just be a bit of sly misdirection from Sanborn—who is known among Kryptos fans for his puckishness.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2014
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