puck

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: pŭk, IPA(key): /pʌk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /pʊk/ Rhymes: -ʌk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka. ==== Noun ==== puck (plural pucks) (now rare) A mischievous or hostile spirit. [from 10th c.] (mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". ===== Synonyms ===== See goblin (hostile) and fairy (mischievous) (a small being, human in form who is playful and has magical powers): Robin Goodfellow, faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite ===== Derived terms ===== puckish === Etymology 2 === From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861). ==== Verb ==== puck (third-person singular simple present pucks, present participle pucking, simple past and past participle pucked) (chiefly Ireland) To hit, strike. [from 19th c.] ==== Noun ==== puck (plural pucks) (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. [from 19th c.] (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck. [from 20th c.] (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair. [from 20th c.] (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Hockey puck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”). Doublet of buck. ==== Noun ==== puck (plural pucks) (Ireland, rustic) billy goat === Etymology 4 === Blend of pike +‎ tuck. ==== Noun ==== puck (plural pucks) (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck. == Swedish == === Etymology === From English puck. === Noun === puck c (ice hockey) a puck Synonym: (colloquial) trissa (colloquial) a puck (object shaped (more or less) like a puck) (colloquial) a hamburger patty (or possibly other, similar patty) Synonyms: köttpuck (“meat puck”), (ham)burgare, (hamburger)biff ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== All are colloquial. lugna puckar (“calm, under control”, literally “calm pucks”) raka puckar (“direct, blunt (compare English straight shooter)”, literally “straight pucks”) snabba puckar (“fast-paced”, literally “quick pucks”) === References === “puck”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “puck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “puck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)