Puck

  • 41Puck — /puk/, n. 1. Also called Hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream. 2. (l.c.) a malicious or mischievous demon or spirit; a goblin.… …

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  • 42puck — noun Puck is used after these nouns: ↑hockey …

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  • 43Puck — Synonyms and related words: Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, bad fairy, bad peri, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, elf, erlking, gremlin, imp, kobold, little devil, pixie, poltergeist, puck, sprite, tokoloshe, young devil …

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  • 44puck — Synonyms and related words: Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, JD, Puck, bad boy, bad fairy, bad peri, booger, brat, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, elf, enfant terrible, erlking, funmaker, gamin, gremlin, holy… …

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  • 45Puck — 1. Niederdeutscher Übername zu mnd. puck »Puff, Schlag«. 2. Aus einer oberdeutschen Kurzform von Burkhard entstandener Familienname …

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  • 46puck — I Canadian Slang Hockey players girlfriend A term used by Rural Atlantic communities that is synonymous with the word punch. Ex Shut up b y or I ll puck ya! II Everyday English Slang in Ireland n punch III Irish Slang slap in the face …

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  • 47puck — [[t]pʌ̱k[/t]] pucks N COUNT In the game of ice hockey, the puck is the small rubber disc that is used instead of a ball …

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  • 48Puck — noun another name for Robin Goodfellow. ↘(puck) a mischievous or evil sprite. Origin OE pūca; it is unclear whether the word is of Celtic or Gmc origin …

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  • 49puck — tudi pak a [pák] m (ȃ) šport. trd, ploščat, okrogel gumijast predmet, ki se uporablja pri hokeju na ledu; ploščica: puck se je odbil od vratnice …

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  • 50Puck (mythology) — Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature spirit. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. Whilst being an aspect of Robin Goodfellow, he is also hob and Will o the wisp. Overview The pagan trickster was reimagined in… …

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