different between puck vs stickhandle

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)

1. (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.

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)

1. (chiefly Ireland) To hit, strike. [from 19th c.]

Noun

puck (plural pucks)

1. (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.

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.

3. (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair. [from 20th c.]
4. (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)

1. (Ireland, rural) billy goat

Etymology 4

Blend of pike +? tuck

Noun

puck (plural pucks)

1. (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

1. puck

Declension

Further reading

• puck in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology

stick +? handle

Verb

stickhandle (third-person singular simple present stickhandles, present participle stickhandling, simple past and past participle stickhandled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
   • 2008, Dave Stubbs, "Lots of life left in Bruins," The Gazette (Montreal), 17 Apr (retrieved May 13 2008):

     Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.

2. (chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
   • 2008, "Editorial: Hillier goes, not Bernier, Toronto Star, 16 Apr. (retrieved 13 May 2008):

     He has ducked questions in Parliament on everything from Afghan detainees to Radarsat 2, leaving them to be stickhandled by other ministers.

   • 2008, Diane Francis, "Obama vs McCain. Finally," National Post (Canada), 8 May (retrieved 13 May 2008):

     Obama, on the other hand, stickhandled his preacher problem and retained his poise and dignity.

References

• stickhandle at OneLook Dictionary Search