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
Valeri Nichushkin took a pass from MacKinnon and fed the puck across the slot to Mittelstadt for his 11th goal of the season.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
Ferraro kept his eye on the puck as it was dropped back to Mark Scheifele, who rifled a shot that might have resulted in his 32nd goal of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Tanev is every bit the warrior he’s often described as, missing only one game this season despite his propensity to eat pucks.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Before the puck was dropped in that championship game, the Canadian anthem singer changed the lyrics to protest Trump.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
Ferraro kept his eye on the puck as it was dropped back to Mark Scheifele, who rifled a shot that might have resulted in his 32nd goal of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Tanev is every bit the warrior he’s often described as, missing only one game this season despite his propensity to eat pucks.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Before the puck was dropped in that championship game, the Canadian anthem singer changed the lyrics to protest Trump.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
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Kelsey recently began selling her wreath attachments — such as big-eyed felt bunnies for Easter, and elves and snowmen for Christmas — in her Etsy store, Peppermint Sue’s Perfections.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Past racial tension between elves and humans is all but ignored in the plot.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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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
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In his statement, Hendrix said the sprites at the Biltmore are replicas of designs at Wright’s Midway Gardens project in Chicago, which was built in 1914 and demolished in 1929.—
Corina Vanek,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Dec. 2024
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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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Created via motion-capture performances, puppets and voice acting, these haphazard CGI troll wannabes seem supremely out of place in a movie full of humans and one chatty mirror.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The next advantage logically follows from the previous one—minimizing the risks of theft and exhausting litigation with competitors and IP infringers (for example, pirates or patent trolls), which could arise in the event of an incomplete legislative framework.—
Olena Orliuk,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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