puck, hockey puck
(noun) a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
Puck, Robin Goodfellow
(noun) a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Puck
(mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
Synonym: Robin Goodfellow
(astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus
puck (plural pucks)
(now, rare) A mischievous or hostile spirit. [from 10th c.]
• See goblin (hostile) and fairy (mischievous)
puck (third-person singular simple present pucks, present participle pucking, simple past and past participle pucked)
(chiefly, Ireland) To hit, strike. [from 19th c.]
puck (plural pucks)
(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. [from 19th c.]
(chiefly, Canada) An object shaped like a puck. [from 20th c.]
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair. [from 20th c.]
(hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
puck (plural pucks)
(Ireland, rural) billy goat
Source: Wiktionary
Puck, n. Etym: [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. puki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
1. (Mediæval Myth.)
Definition: A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
