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puck
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?k, IPA(key): /p?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English puke, from Old English p?ca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *p?kô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?ug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke), Middle Low German sp?k, sp?k (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.
Noun
puck (plural pucks)
- (now rare) A mischievous or hostile spirit. [from 10th c.]
- 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 232:
- 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, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 232:
Synonyms
- See goblin (hostile) and fairy (mischievous)
Derived terms
- puckish
Etymology 2
From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
Verb
puck (third-person singular simple present pucks, present participle pucking, simple past and past participle pucked)
- (chiefly Ireland) To hit, strike. [from 19th c.]
Noun
puck (plural pucks)
- (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. [from 19th c.]
- 1886, Boston Daily Globe (28 February), p 2:
- 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, Boston Daily Globe (28 February), p 2:
- (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck. [from 20th c.]
- 2004, Art Directors Annual, v 83, Rotovision, p 142:
- 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, Art Directors Annual, v 83, Rotovision, p 142:
- (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair. [from 20th c.]
- (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: puck
- ? German: Puck
- ? Swedish: puck
Translations
See also
- Hockey puck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”).
Noun
puck (plural pucks)
- (Ireland, rural) billy goat
Etymology 4
Blend of pike +? tuck
Noun
puck (plural pucks)
- (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
Swedish
Etymology
From English puck.
Noun
puck c
- puck
Declension
Further reading
- puck in Svensk ordbok.
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brownie
English
Etymology
From brown +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?a?ni/
- Rhymes: -a?ni
- Hyphenation: brown?ie
Noun
brownie (plural brownies)
- (cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- […] if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.
- 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page,
- On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.
- 2005, Steve Otto, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie, page 228,
- After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- 1908, Dinah Craik, The Adventures of A Brownie.
- 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 1, page 636,
- Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.
- 2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (editors), Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, page 37,
- There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there's always a pile of dishes in the sink.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) The widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Coordinate term: greenie
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
- (US) A girl in the first level of girl scouts.
Derived terms
- chocolate brownie
- hash brownie
Translations
Descendants
- ? French: brownie
- ? German: Brownie
Further reading
- brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chocolate brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?o.ni/, /b??.ni/
Noun
brownie f (plural brownies)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (definite singular brownien, indefinite plural browniar, definite plural browniane)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (plural brownies)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English brownie.
Noun
brownie m (plural brownies)
- brownie
Derived terms
- brownie rubia (“blondie”)
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