Canuck /kəˈnʌk/noun 6adjective 2forms 3 noun6 •(informal, disapproving) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.We saw a few partridges: we also met a lusty fellow in a forest road with a keg of whisky slung round him, who called to us 'Come boys and have some grog, I'm what you call a canuck:' a (Canadian). — 1849 •(US, informal) A member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League. •(rare) A thing from Canada.Wha'll buy my caller herrin'? / Cod, turbot, ling, delicious farin', / Buy my caller herrin', / They're every one Kanucks! — 1887 •(rare, historical) The Avro Canada CF-100 fighter-interceptor aircraft, in use between 1952 and 1981. •(US, informal) Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team. •(no longer used, rare) A Canadian horse or pony.I'll sit here and blow till he comes round with his old go-cart, and then I'll hang on to the tail of it, and try legs with that little Kanuck of his. — 1860 adjective2 •(disapproving) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people; Canadian.It is well known that Canada, by the adoption of a protective tariff, shut out many of our American articles from the Canuck markets. — 1879 •Of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League. formsCanucks · more Canuck · most Canuck
