puck

noun

Definition of pucknext
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 But before Gudas could extend his hand in the air, Barkov fired a puck at Gudas’ legs, similar to how the team has celebrated at the end of games the past season and a half with Brad Marchand, combining old traditions and new. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 Second, standing up a dedicated enterprise platform provides investors a more concrete understanding of where the puck is going. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 The puck provides up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback and supports 45-watt fast charging. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026 That includes lightweight virtual reality glasses, Ray-Ban glasses without cameras and a tiny puck the size of a keychain for communicating with Meta’s AI helper. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for puck
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  1. fairy
  2. elf
  3. goblin
  4. faerie
Noun
  • Like everybody else on the planet, Tom Cruise certainly wouldn't mind having some of that fairy dust rub off on him.
    — Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The cost is $35 to $40 and includes all of the supplies needed to turn your child into a butterfly, a Star Wars ranger or a fairy princess.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of fairy
Noun
  • Guests to The Elf Experience will meet one of Santa’s helpers before entering Papa Elf’s storybook and heading to the North Pole to learn about the life of an elf.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In the dark comedy Bad Santa, Thornton plays Willie, a miserable, heavy-drinking con man who dresses up as Santa with his elf sidekick (Tony Cox) to rob department stores on Christmas Eve.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of elf
Noun
  • The magical ring that helped Bilbo escape the goblins had become an instrument of addiction and mass political control.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of faerie

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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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