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
Just 47 seconds later, the Ducks popped in a second puck.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
At his peak with the Dallas Stars from 2016 to 2022, Klingberg was an elite puck mover and power play quarterback who averaged just over 23 minutes per game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The play that led to Hartman’s goal was reviewed, and the video showed that Gustav Nyquist had entered the offensive zone with a skate roughly an inch over the blue line and ahead of the puck.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Those glasses were thick, required a computing puck and were built for demo purposes only.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
At his peak with the Dallas Stars from 2016 to 2022, Klingberg was an elite puck mover and power play quarterback who averaged just over 23 minutes per game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
The play that led to Hartman’s goal was reviewed, and the video showed that Gustav Nyquist had entered the offensive zone with a skate roughly an inch over the blue line and ahead of the puck.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Those glasses were thick, required a computing puck and were built for demo purposes only.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
Noun
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Dressed as a hot pink fairy, Alexa Bowers brought a drawing of Roan to give to the pop star.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
5 Oct. 2025
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Her perky protagonist notably navigated a romantic relationship with vampire Bill Compton and explored the roots of her own fairy ancestry.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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The special will be made available on Disney+ the following day, and the elves will head to ABC’s shelves later in the season.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Popping in for story time and serving goblin snacks on holidays kept me tethered to my clingy girl.—
Nancy Prentice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Sep. 2025
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Some say the cave system would have connected the goblins from Hopkinsville to Hellier.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And thank the faeries for that.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 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
Noun
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An astronaut on the International Space Station has captured a rare kind of lightning called a sprite while traveling 250 miles above the Texas–Mexico border.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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But sprites are the most often seen, captivating their observers.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Some trolls were naturally left confused by the choice as most of the Grammy winner’s songs are in Spanish.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kate debuted with blonde hair and was immediately met with troll comments.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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