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puck

[ puhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Ice Hockey. a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is to be hit into the goal.
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Puck

[ puhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called Hobgoblin,. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
puck, a malicious or mischievous demon or spirit; a goblin.

puck

/ ��ʌ�� /

noun

a small disc of hard rubber used in ice hockey
a stroke at the ball in hurling
slang.
a sharp blow

verb

to strike (the ball) in hurling
slang.
to strike hard; punch

puck

/ ��ʌ�� /

noun

often capital a mischievous or evil spirit Also calledRobin Goodfellow

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Derived Forms

ˈ��ܳ��쾱��, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

First recorded in 1890–95; alteration of poke ¹

Origin of puck²

First recorded before 1000; Middle English pouke, Old English ��ū��; cognate with Old Norse ��ū�쾱 a mischievous demon

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Word History and Origins

Origin of puck¹

C19: of unknown origin

Origin of puck²

Old English ��ū��, of obscure origin

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The Oilers’ pulled that goal back on a power play less than three minutes later when Perry took three whacks at the puck before getting it by Kuemper.

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After Brown pulled Edmonton even again, Moore scored nine seconds later when he drove to the net and poked the puck past Pickard.

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“Sometimes you make plays and the puck goes in the net and you get an assist,” coach Jim Hiller said before the game.

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When the puck is traveling at 85 mph, it will react unpredictably.

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Do you season your meat thoroughly or just form it into a puck, sprinkle some salt and pepper and cook?

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pucellas pucka

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