puck /pʌk/noun 8verb 1forms 3 noun8 •A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck’, is used. — 1886 •An object shaped like a puck.He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal puck. — 2004 •A pointing device with a crosshair. •The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". •A penalty shot. •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. — 2013 •(Ireland) billy goat •(no longer used) A mischievous or hostile spirit.William Tyndale allotted this character a role, of leading nocturnal travellers astray as the puck had been said to do since Anglo-Saxon times and the goblin since the later medieval period. — 2017 verb1 •(Ireland) To hit, strike. formspucked · pucking · pucks
