as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
dreamed that her garden was the secret meeting place of pucks and sprites
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Recent Examples of puck
This bulky case is protective, but in the middle around the magnetic ring sits a little removable puck.
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2025
Five seconds into a Wild power play, Sanderson took control of the puck behind the net and started skating it out for a dump.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
The trio struggled to win enough battles to retrieve the puck off the forecheck.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Colorado immediately gained possession and pushed the puck up ice.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2025
Five seconds into a Wild power play, Sanderson took control of the puck behind the net and started skating it out for a dump.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
The trio struggled to win enough battles to retrieve the puck off the forecheck.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Colorado immediately gained possession and pushed the puck up ice.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
Noun
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There were scavenger hunts, tree decorating, dance classes, football clinics and, of course, pics with Santa and the elves.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
7 Feb. 2025
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The film, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum, follows Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised as an elf in Santa’s workshop who returns to New York City to meet his biological father, played by the late James Caan.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.—
Lindsay Zoladz,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Red sprites, also known as red lightning, occur during some extremely intense thunderstorms.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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Set in 1705 during the reign of Queen Anne, the series stars Louisa Harland (Derry Girls) as Nell Jackson, widowed and possessed of occasional supernatural skills whenever someone threatens her, courtesy of a fairy sprite named Billy Blind (Nick Mohammed).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don’t threaten my kids.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don't threaten my kids.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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