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Puck

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puck, in Germanic mythology

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.

Puck, in astronomy

Puck, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus Uranus , in astronomy, 7th planet from the sun, at a mean distance of 1.78 billion mi (2.87 billion km), with an orbit lying between those of Saturn and Neptune; its period of revolution is slightly more than 84 years.
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puck
A mouse-like object used to draw on a digitizer tablet. A puck is more precise than a mouse. See digitizer tablet and mouse.
puck1
1. a small disc of hard rubber used in ice hockey
2. a stroke at the ball in hurling
puck2
a mischievous or evil spirit
Puck [pək]
(astronomy)
A satellite of Uranus orbiting at a mean distance of 53,440 miles (86,010 kilometers) with a period of 18 hours 20 minutes, and with a diameter of about 96 miles (154 kilometers).
Puck
the “shrewd and knavish sprite” who causes minor catastrophes and embarrassing situations. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream]
See : Fairy
Puck
knavish hobgoblin who plays pranks. [Br. Folklore & Lit.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream]
See : Mischievousness
Puck 

in ice hockey, a black, hard-rubber disk with flat top and bottom surfaces. It is 76.2 mm in diameter, 25.4 mm thick, and weighs 140–170 g. The sides are lightly scored.
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From all I can learn of him, he is a sort of Puck, a professional mischief-maker.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Th' hosses wooant feel YOUR weight no more nor they feel the little doog there, as I puck up on the road a fortni't agoo.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Don't you remember the day you played Rarey with Puck, and we all looked on?
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
 
 
 
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