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
Following some heavy forechecking and a prolonged puck battle, Eichel emerged with the puck.
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Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Six minutes into the contest, when the Sabres still hadn’t recorded a shot, Jason Zucker turned a puck over in the defensive zone.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Ryan Poehling challenged Thomas Harley and held onto the puck long enough to free up Alex Killorn for an easy goal, but the officials waived it off because Poehling had skated into DeSmith, constituting goalie interference.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Quick allowed four goals on 20 shots, and New York lost for the 15th time in 20 home games this season.
Referee Peter MacDougall left midway through after taking a puck to the face and did not return.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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The series centers around Timmy Turner, a miserable 10-year-old whose life improves significantly after he is given two fairy godparents named Wanda and Cosmo.—
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The toy projects an AI hologram companion that resembles a dragon or fairy.—
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The reindeer team, the elf team — everyone will be there.—
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Jenkins dressed as Santa Claus at community events and the 6-feet-3-inch, 145-pound Bledsoe as an elf.—
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On set, however, managing scenes that required baby Toby to cry was a delicate process – one made possible by actress Shari Weiser, who controlled the goblin Hoggle from inside a suit.—
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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.—
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And thank the faeries for that.—
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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