Puck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Puck	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Puck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Puck n a mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Puck, Robin Goodfellow] a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey Synonym(s): puck, hockey puck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puck \Puck\, n. A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[umac]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. {Poker} a bugbear, {Pug}.] 1. (Medi[91]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, [bd]the merry wanderer of the night;[b8] -- called also {Robin Goodfellow}, {Friar Rush}, {Pug}, etc. --Shak. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]