Found 2 items, similar to Puck.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Puck Puck n 1: a mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Robin Goodfellow ] 2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: hockey puck]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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] 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.]