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Puck

UK/pʌk/ US/pʊk/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

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Origin

From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.

Phrases

  • hockey puck
  • ice hockey puck
  • puck bunny
  • puck carrier
  • puck chaser
  • puck chasing
  • puck crown
  • puck palace

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