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puck |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puck \Puck\, n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf {Poker} a bugbear, {Pug}.] 1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puck n 1: a mischievous sprite 2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: {hockey puck}]
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