Puck Definition
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
(mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
(astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus.
Other Word Forms of Puck
Noun
Origin of Puck
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From puck (“mischievous spirit"), from Middle English puke, from Old English pÅ«ca (“goblin, demon"), from Proto-Germanic *pÅ«kô (“a goblin, spook"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre"). Cognate with Old Norse pÅ«ki (dialectal Swedish puke, “devil"), Middle Low German spōk, spÅ«k (“apparition, ghost"), German Spuk (“a haunting"). More at spook.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English puke, from Old English pÅ«ca (“goblin, demon"), from Proto-Germanic *pÅ«kô (“a goblin, spook"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre"). Cognate with Old Norse pÅ«ki (dialectal Swedish puke, “devil"), Middle Low German spōk, spÅ«k (“apparition, ghost"), German Spuk (“a haunting"). More at spook.
From Wiktionary
Middle English pouke goblin from Old English pūca Sense 2, after the sprite in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Attested since 1886. From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag"). Compare poke (1861).
From Wiktionary
Perhaps from dialectal puck to strike
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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