Puck

Puck
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. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Puck — may refer to: * Puck (mythology), a nature spirit Characters * Puck (Shakespeare), from A Midsummer Night s Dream * Puck, the narrator of the book Puck of Pook s Hill (1906) by Rudyard Kipling * Puck, a character in the Japanese anime/manga… …   Wikipedia

  • Puck — steht für eine Kunststoffscheibe beim Eishockey und anderen Sportarten, die ins gegnerische Tor befördert werden muss, siehe Puck (Sport) einen Mond des Uranus, siehe Puck (Mond) eine Hafenstadt in Polen, siehe Puck (Polen) eine veraltete… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Puck — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Puck hace referencia a: Puck: una de las lunas de Urano. Puck: ciudad de Polonia. Puck: disco de Hockey sobre hielo. Literatura: Puck a.k.a Robin: Personaje de El sueño de una noche de verano. Puck:… …   Wikipedia Español

  • puck — puck·ery; puck·fist; puck·ish; puck·ish·ness; puck·le; puck·ster; puck; puck·er; puck·ish·ly; …   English syllables

  • Puck — Sm Spielscheibe beim Eishockey per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. puck, dessen Herkunft unklar ist.    Ebenso nndl. puck, ne. puck, nschw. puck, nnorw. puck. ✎ Carstensen 3 (1996), 1122f. englisch ? …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • puck — ● puck nom masculin (anglais puck) Synonyme de palet. ● puck (synonymes) nom masculin (anglais puck) Synonymes : palet …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • puck — [pʌk] n ↑glove, ↑ice skate, ↑puck [Date: 1800 1900; : English dialect; Origin: puck to hit , from POKE1] a hard flat circular piece of rubber that you hit with the stick in the game of ↑ice hockey …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • puck — noun 1》 a black disc made of hard rubber, used in ice hockey. 2》 Computing an input device similar to a mouse. Origin C19: of unknown origin. puck a mischievous or evil sprite. → Puck …   English new terms dictionary

  • puck — puck1 [puk] n. [< dial. puck, to strike, akin to POKE1] Ice Hockey the hard rubber disk which the players try to drive into the opponents goal with their sticks puck2 [puk] n. [ME puke < OE puca, akin to ON puki, devil < IE base * beu ,… …   English World dictionary

  • 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.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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