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Look up: puck

  1. Puck
    Puck is a fairy in a midsummer night's dream. He is also called Robin Good-Fellow.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. puck
    [n] - a mischievous sprite of English folklore 2. [n] - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Puck
    Any circular piece of metal, fiber, rubber, etc., which drives something from a rotating power source.
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  4. Puck
    Satellite of the planet Uranus. See TABLE 9. URANUS - SATELLITE DATA
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  5. Puck
    In English folklore, a mischievous fairy who will play tricks on travellers, assume various shapes, or even spoil the milk. His name is related to `pixie`. He appears as the servant of the fairy...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. Puck
    Puck noun [ Middle English pouke ; confer OSw. puke , Icelandic pūki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Confer Poker a bugbear, Pug .] 1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, 'the merry wanderer of the night;' -- called also Robin Goodfellow , Friar Rush , Pug , etc. Shak. « He meeteth Puck
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/190

  7. Puck
    Puck noun A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/190

  8. puck
    1. <medicine> A celebrated fairy, 'the merry wanderer of the night;' called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. 'He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.' (Drayton) ... 2. <zoology> The goatsucker. ... Origin: OE. Pouke; cf. OSw. Puke, Icel. Puki an evil demon, W. Pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. puck
    hockey puck noun a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Puck
    Robin Goodfellow noun a mischievous sprite of English folklore
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Puck
    • (n.) A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as the object to be driven through the goals. • (n.) The goatsucker. • (n.) A celebrated fairy, `the merry wanderer of the night;` -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. puck
    (from the article `ice hockey`) game between two teams, each usually having six players, who wear skates and compete on an ice rink. The object is to propel a vulcanized rubber ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/130

  13. Puck
    (from the article `caricature and cartoon`) In 1876 Puck was founded. It was soon to develop new artists, notably Joseph Keppler and Bernhard Gillam. They worked in a lithographic style of ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/130

  14. puck
    in medieval English folklore, a malicious fairy or demon. In Old and Middle English the word meant simply `demon.` In Elizabethan lore he was a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/130

  15. Puck
    Puck is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Elf` From Old English. The name Puck doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Puck seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Puck

  16. puck
    1. a mischievous sprite of English folklore
    2. a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

    Found on

  17. puck
    a black, vulcanized rubber disc, 1-inch thick and 3-inches in diameter, weighing between 5 1/2 and 6 ounces used to play hockey; they are frozen to prevent excessive bouncing and changed throughout the game; can travel up to 120 miles per hour on a slap shot.
    Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/hockey_gl

  18. Puck
    The twelfth moon in order of distance from Uranus. It is is named after one of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and is also known as Uranus XV. Puck was one of 10 new moons discovered in 1986 from images sent back by Voyager 2 and the only one found soon enough to allow further...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  19. Puck
    Puck, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08404

  20. puck
    puck (pŭk) , in Germanic folklore, generic name for various malevolent spirits. The medieval English pouke was often identified with the devil. However, the Puck of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a mischievous but friendly fairy.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08404


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