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
Then all of a sudden the pucks are going in.
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Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s other guys that will step up and put pucks in.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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
Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s other guys that will step up and put pucks in.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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
Noun
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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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Overworked, overtired, snapping at elves — frankly, ‘twas a disaster.—
Lauren Ashley Bishop,
Variety,
4 Jan. 2026
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Last December, Yvette Olazar, a 33-year-old mom of three, had a hunch that her daughter Natalie, who was in 6th grade, had stopped believing in magical elves and Christmas miracles.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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The internet has always been a chaotic place where trolls can seize outsize power.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
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Good morning to everyone except for the lowest forms of trolls, sick people and outside forces attempting to disrupt our newsletter.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Pucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pucks. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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