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May 27, 2012
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puck



Pronunciation: (puk), [key]
—n.
1. Ice Hockey.a black disk of vulcanized rubber that is to be hit into the goal.
2. Brit. Computers.mouse (def. 4).

Puck



Pronunciation: (puk), [key]
—n.
1. Also called Hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow. a particularly mischievous sprite in English folklore who appears as a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
2. (l.c.) a malicious or mischievous demon or spirit; a goblin.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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