[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.
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He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton.
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2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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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]