Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hard rubber disk used in ice hockey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disk of rubber used in place of a ball in hockey.
- noun A fairy; elf; sprite.
- noun Specifically [capitalized] A fairy of high repute. who was also known by the names of Robin Goodfellow and Friar Rush.
- noun The devil; Satan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
- noun (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also
Robin Goodfellow ,Friar Rush ,Pug , etc. - noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The goatsucker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mischievous spirit. - noun ice hockey A hard hard
rubber disc ; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flatsurface in agame . - noun An object shaped like a puck.
- noun computing A pointing device with a
crosshair .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mischievous sprite of English folklore
- noun a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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` ` When you have a little hot streak, it seems like the puck is always coming to you, '' Kopitar said.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Instead of firing away like the puck is a hand grenade, make the right play and take the hit.
USATODAY.com 2007
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` ` The one that stops the puck is ahead of the other one, '' he said.
USATODAY.com 2007
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"I just move my hand and, oh, the puck is there," Bryzgalov said.
USATODAY.com - Bryzgalov, Ducks record third straight shutout, 3-0 over Avs 2006
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At least one forechecker, if not two, must be required in the defensive zone as long as the puck is there.
USATODAY.com - Hall of Fame goalie Fuhr misses wide-open games 2003
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The puck is sent skidding around the ice by hitting it with sticks.
mrissa: Carter Hall explains it all to you mrissa 2010
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Now, its taken for granted the puck is going hit some part of the fearless, athletic, and enormous monster in the net.
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Though he's slightly built and really needs to add upper body strength, de Haan runs the PP impeccably with great decisions in puck distribution and he's also a smooth skater and very intelligent at both ends.
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It's about skating to where the puck is going to be.
Why Promoting from Within Pays Off Kristen Lamoreaux 2010
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It will go right up until the first puck is dropped next season.
reesetee commented on the word puck
Sidekick of Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
December 14, 2007
bilby commented on the word puck
A town in Poland near Gdansk.
January 1, 2008