PUCK


Meaning of PUCK in English

( also Robin Goodfellow )

( in English legend ) a spirit who lives in the English countryside and plays tricks on people. He appears as a character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream .

► puckish adj

fond of playing tricks on people; mischievous.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.