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.]