as in fairies
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 pucks
Simply heat the pasta and the little frozen pucks of sauce together in the microwave or on the stovetop for an Italian-Korean feast.
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Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
The goal is to have more stones — the big pucks, which weigh around 42 pounds on average — closer to the center of the house (the target) than your opponent.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Once a storm ends, use a roof rake to pull the snow off the edge off the roof and throw some roof ice melt pucks up there.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
While boiling some rigatoni on the stovetop, simply toss whole cherry tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a casserole dish and place two pucks of Boursin’s garlic-and-herb blend in the center.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
In a sport where pucks often take wicked, seemingly inexplicable bounces and the area in front of and around a goal crease can look like chaos.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Then all of a sudden the pucks are going in.
—Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
Depth defenseman who’s used his feet and head well to clear pucks.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
The goal is to have more stones — the big pucks, which weigh around 42 pounds on average — closer to the center of the house (the target) than your opponent.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Once a storm ends, use a roof rake to pull the snow off the edge off the roof and throw some roof ice melt pucks up there.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
While boiling some rigatoni on the stovetop, simply toss whole cherry tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a casserole dish and place two pucks of Boursin’s garlic-and-herb blend in the center.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
In a sport where pucks often take wicked, seemingly inexplicable bounces and the area in front of and around a goal crease can look like chaos.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Then all of a sudden the pucks are going in.
—Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
Depth defenseman who’s used his feet and head well to clear pucks.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pucks
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Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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If your favorite writer wishes they could be whisked away to the land of fairies and Björk and neighborhood hot springs, try cutting a large international corner with this bath product straight from the famous Blue Lagoon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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The theft follows a similar incident in December, when members of the same group flooded into a Montreal grocery store dressed as Santa Clause and his elves, stealing food and leaving some of it gift-wrapped under a nearby Christmas tree.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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One of Magnason’s first jobs was at the National Archives of Iceland, where he was surrounded by books about the old Norse gods, colonial histories, and even stories about elves.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2026
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Henson was cast as Hoggle, one of the film’s most prominent goblins and Sarah’s reluctant ally, while also managing puppeteering responsibilities behind the scenes.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
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Social media and the army of trolls continuously fuel the fires of division.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Altman trolls on X, and Musk seems to exist in a continuum of AI slop and conspiracy theories.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Pucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pucks. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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