puck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mischievous sprite of English folklore
    Robin Goodfellow.
  2. noun a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
    hockey puck.

WordNet

Puck noun
Etymology
OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p&umac;ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.
Definitions
  1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak.
    He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.
  2. (Zoöl.) The goatsucker. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913