puck
noun
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Pronunciation: /pʌk/ / /pʊk/
name
Etymology: From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.
- A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
- One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.
noun
Etymology: Blend of pike + tuck.
- A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
“The puck position is allowed during competitions when performing multi-twisting multiple somersaults.”
verb
Etymology: From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
- To hit, strike.