puck

CEFRB2

/pʌk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small hard disk used in ice hockey.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Examples

  • The puck of ice hockey is not spherical.

  • Tom shot the puck into his own net.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To hit, strike.

  2. A mischievous or hostile spirit.

  3. A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

More examples

In context

  • In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck’, is used.

  • William Tyndale allotted this character a role, of leading nocturnal travellers astray as the puck had been said to do since Anglo-Saxon times and the goblin since the later medieval period.

  • The puck position is allowed during competitions when performing multi-twisting multiple somersaults.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.