as in mischievous
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
he takes a puckish delight in teasing her about her love life, or lack thereof
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Recent Examples of puckish
Grant, whose eager eyes and puckish smile wooed Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones and Julia Roberts’ Anna Scott (Notting Hill), uses his signature charm here to test the bounds of these junior missionaries’ beliefs.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Far ahead of its time in its satirical targets and its mixing of disparate narrative tones, Turtle Island is a hilarious comic send-up that could only have emerged from Rozier’s puckish imagination.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
Saya Gray: Qwerty II EP [Dirty Hit] Qwerty II concludes Saya Gray’s dual-EP follow-up to her 2022 album, 19 Masters, swirling that record’s puckish R&B into hyperactive alt-pop.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
The honor followed on the heels of her BAFTA win for Yorgos Lanthimos’ puckish spin on the costume drama, in which Stone plays a woman who finds liberation and self-actualization after being brought back to life by an eccentric surgeon.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Far ahead of its time in its satirical targets and its mixing of disparate narrative tones, Turtle Island is a hilarious comic send-up that could only have emerged from Rozier’s puckish imagination.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
Saya Gray: Qwerty II EP [Dirty Hit] Qwerty II concludes Saya Gray’s dual-EP follow-up to her 2022 album, 19 Masters, swirling that record’s puckish R&B into hyperactive alt-pop.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
The honor followed on the heels of her BAFTA win for Yorgos Lanthimos’ puckish spin on the costume drama, in which Stone plays a woman who finds liberation and self-actualization after being brought back to life by an eccentric surgeon.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puckish
Adjective
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Travelers in search of mischievous chimps will soon be able to stay at River Station, an eco-chic camp built by Wildplaces Africa near Kyambura, while Great Lakes Safaris is constructing Padibi Lodge on the site of a former Jane Goodall research center in Budongo.—
Alexandra Owens,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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My brother navigated the single-lane, snaking roads with a mischievous, childlike grin.—
Sara Lieberman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His wicked knuckle-curve pairs with a 96-mph fastball.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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His wicked point shot is just what Coach Carbs needs for his system of double screens of the goalie.—
Shayna Goldman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Regular nail maintenance not only protects your surfaces but also your skin from their playful scratches.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Nadav Kander for New York Magazine What Chained for Life did through its playful deconstruction of exploitation movies, A Different Man does in more structural ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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Enter the impish, shaggy-haired son of an Austrian police officer.—
Danielle Friedman,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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So Link’s Awakening is a careful balance of impish humor and light danger — much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, which inspired the game (and its dreamworld owls).—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Fuchs put a prankish spin on the descending octaves that tootle above the reprise of the symphony’s solemn opening.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
31 July 2024
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“Puckish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puckish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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