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
The book forfeits the puckish immediacy of Bush’s Instagram dispatches for more earnest, effortful prose.
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Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Throughout it all, he's maintained a puckish, playful approach.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist.
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Steve Sewall,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Like End of the Century, Castro’s latest is both sexy and surprisingly cosmic, but this time with a casual, puckish charm.
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Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for puckish
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Throughout it all, he's maintained a puckish, playful approach.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist.
—
Steve Sewall,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Like End of the Century, Castro’s latest is both sexy and surprisingly cosmic, but this time with a casual, puckish charm.
—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for puckish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puckish
Adjective
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In House of the Dragon’s season 2 premiere, Aegon II brought him to a meeting where Jaehaerys II was mischievous and bored.
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The show features a wide cast of colorful characters, namely Ginger’s mother Lois (Laraine Newman), her quirky friends Dodie (Aspen Vincent) and Macie (Jackie Harris Greenberg), and her mischievous little brother Carl (Jeannie Elias).
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Yamal was a thorn in Saudi Arabia’s side, drifting infield to unleash shots from distance but also peppering the penalty area with wicked deliveries from the right flank.
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Has Sugar’s inherent decency become something of a moral palate cleanser for Oz’s wicked ways?
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The high-quality dress can be worn all summer long, in playful hues like white and green.
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Beaded sandals, in particular, strike a balance between statement-making and approachable, offering the same playful energy as the season’s beaded jewelry and bags without requiring a complete wardrobe overhaul.
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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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Her new album, Fata Morgana, uses an array of cascading rhythms, impish hooks, and fierce poetry to interrogate her place in a corrupt American society.
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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Angela Balogh Calin’s costumes prepare the way for Ionesco’s prankish jokes.
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“Puckish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puckish. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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