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
With 5,280 Waterford crystals and LED light pucks, the ball features nearly double the number of crystals as the previous ball, according to a One Times Square news release.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
To see Caleb Heil wearing blue and stopping pucks as his team works toward a championship just feels right to Minnesota hockey fans of a certain age.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2025
Maybe simplify a little bit and get pucks to the net and work from there.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
Loose pucks Arvidsson got back on the ice for the first time during the B’s optional morning skate at the Garden on Saturday.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
One spring when Yazid was seventeen or eighteen, the Nazimuddin College boys developed a passion for carrom board, poor man’s billiards, played on a plywood square by knocking round wooden pucks into corner pockets with a plastic striker.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
With dramatic magenta radicchio leaves, pucks of crisp apple, and mustardy croutons, this bitter, sweet salad is a welcome new classic.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Depth defenseman who’s used his feet and head well to clear pucks.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
To see Caleb Heil wearing blue and stopping pucks as his team works toward a championship just feels right to Minnesota hockey fans of a certain age.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2025
Maybe simplify a little bit and get pucks to the net and work from there.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
Loose pucks Arvidsson got back on the ice for the first time during the B’s optional morning skate at the Garden on Saturday.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
One spring when Yazid was seventeen or eighteen, the Nazimuddin College boys developed a passion for carrom board, poor man’s billiards, played on a plywood square by knocking round wooden pucks into corner pockets with a plastic striker.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
With dramatic magenta radicchio leaves, pucks of crisp apple, and mustardy croutons, this bitter, sweet salad is a welcome new classic.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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Children must abide by the rules for keeping the elves at home.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The elves were then given away, and handfuls have been on display in various locations in the following decades.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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On this day, candles were blessed for use in the coming year, and any decorations left up were thought to be at risk of becoming infested with goblins.—
Bobbi Sutherland,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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The trolls in Raleigh are already open to the public.—
Khadejeh Nikouyeh,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani shared some of the wedding photos on his Instagram page in May in response to negative press and online trolls targeting his wife during his mayoral campaign.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Pucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pucks. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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