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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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leprechaun
English
Alternative forms
- lepracaun
Etymology
From Irish leipreachán, luprachán, from Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán. See also Irish lucharachán.
The word's further etymology is disputed; it is traditionally explained as a compound containing lú (“small”, from Proto-Indo-European *h?leng??-) + corp (“body”, which is from Latin corpus). However, an alternative suggestion is that it is a derivative of Latin Luperc? (“priests of Lupercus”), who were misinterpreted as an antediluvian species by medieval Irish scholars.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?p??k??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?pr??k?n/, /?l?pr??k?n/
Noun
leprechaun (plural leprechauns)
- (Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- leprechaun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Alternative forms
- leprecano, lepricauno, leprecauno (adapted forms)
Etymology
Borrowed from English leprechaun, from Irish leipreachán, luprachán, from Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán, of disputed etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?.pre.kon/, /?l?.pri.kon/
Noun
leprechaun m (invariable)
- (Irish folklore) leprechaun
- Synonyms: gnomo irlandese, folletto irlandese
Derived terms
- leprechaunismo
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