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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a mischievous sprite of English folklore;
[syn: Puck, Robin Goodfellow]

2. a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey;
[syn: puck, hockey puck]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Puck \Puck\, n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Puck n 1: a mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Puck, Robin Goodfellow] 2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: puck, hockey puck]