Puck

Puck
    n 1: a mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: {Puck},
         {Robin Goodfellow}]
    2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used
       instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: {puck}, {hockey puck}]
    

Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil
   demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. {Poker} a bugbear, {Pug}.]
   1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry
      wanderer of the night;" -- called also {Robin Goodfellow},
      {Friar Rush}, {Pug}, etc. --Shak.
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            He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
            Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.      --Drayton.
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   2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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Puck \Puck\, n.
   A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as
   the object to be driven through the goals.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "Puck":
      Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, bad fairy, bad peri,
      deviling, devilkin, diablotin, elf, erlking, gremlin, imp, kobold,
      little devil, pixie, poltergeist, puck, sprite, tokoloshe,
      young devil

    

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "puck":
      Dingbelle, Fifinella, Hob, Hobgoblin, JD, Puck, bad boy, bad fairy,
      bad peri, booger, brat, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, deviling,
      devilkin, diablotin, elf, enfant terrible, erlking, funmaker,
      gamin, gremlin, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker,
      jokester, juvenile delinquent, knave, kobold, little devil,
      little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief, mischief-maker,
      pixie, poltergeist, practical joker, prankster, punk, punk kid,
      rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace,
      spoiled brat, sprite, tokoloshe, urchin, wag, whippersnapper,
      young devil