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
The Colorado Avalanche released its schedule for the 2025-26 regular season on Wednesday, with the team set to drop the puck on Oct. 7 at the Los Angeles Kings.
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Krishna also spun off low-growth services businesses, turning IBM into a product and technology company again and investing where the puck was going.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
That tends to create more turnovers and gets the puck into my team’s hands a little bit more often.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025
My filet of Creole catfish ($21.95) arrives on a puck of corn risotto cake.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Krishna also spun off low-growth services businesses, turning IBM into a product and technology company again and investing where the puck was going.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
That tends to create more turnovers and gets the puck into my team’s hands a little bit more often.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025
My filet of Creole catfish ($21.95) arrives on a puck of corn risotto cake.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
Noun
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Moms are the do-it-all elves who make the holidays happen.—
Elizabeth Broadbent,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mingle with enchanting wizards, witches, elves, fairies, princesses and dragons.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Monster cats, women with ravenous mouths in the back of their heads, mountain goblins, mermaids with carp bodies, foxes that transform into samurai messengers—the list goes on.—
Katherine Larson
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 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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For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The sharp, upscaled images work best on games with lots of horizontal and/or vertical lines and bright, single-colored sprites.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
26 Nov. 2024
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But sprites are the most often seen, captivating their observers.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Prepare for more possible flack from online trolls, though.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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In a video shared on social media, the hockey team shared the close call between a wild grizzly bear and the team’s mascot, Buoy the sea troll, while the team was out fly fishing in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, according to UPI.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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