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Added 9 October 2026

puck

/pʌk/ noun

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A mischievous or hostile spirit. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

verb

To hit, strike.

noun

A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
An object shaped like a puck.
A pointing device with a crosshair.

noun

billy goat

Origin

From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka.

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