PUCK


Meaning of PUCK in English

1. n. a rubber disc used as a ball in ice hockey.

Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n.1 a mischievous or evil sprite.

2 a mischievous child.

Derivatives:

puckish adj. puckishly adv. puckishness n. pucklike adj.

Etymology: OE puca: cf. Welsh pwca, Ir. p{uacute}ca

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.