puck

 
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puck

  (pŭk) pronunciation
n.

A hard rubber disk used in ice hockey.

[Perhaps from dialectal puck, to strike.]


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A mouse-like object used to draw on a digitizer tablet. A puck is more precise than a mouse. See digitizer tablet and mouse.



 
(pŭk) , in Germanic folklore, generic name for various malevolent spirits. The medieval English pouke was often identified with the devil. However, the Puck of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a mischievous but friendly fairy.


 
is short for:

Puck's United Church Kin

 
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Translations: Translations for: Puck

Dansk (Danish)
n. - en slags input-udstyr

n. - nisse, puck

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwade geest, puck (ijshockey)

Français (French)
n. - (Comput) palet, palet (hockey sur glace)

n. - lutin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Puck

n. - Kobold

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καλικάντζαρος, ξωτικό, (αθλοπ.) δίσκος του χόκεϊ επί πάγου, κακομαθημένο παιδί (κν. διαολάκι), (Η/Υ) γραφίδα

Italiano (Italian)
disco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - duende (m), disco usado par jogar hóquei (m)

Русский (Russian)
злой дух, шайба

Español (Spanish)
n. - disco de goma de hockey sobre hielo

n. - duende, chotacabras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (hockey)puck, naturväsen (nisse), inmatningsenhet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
小淘气, 顽童, 小精灵

恶作剧的小妖精, 淘气的小孩

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小淘氣, 頑童, 小精靈

n. - 惡作劇的小妖精, 淘氣的小孩

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 입력장치의 형식

n. - 선머슴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パック

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جهاز ادخال بيانات, قرص في لعبه هوكي الجليد, جني, شقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קונדס, שד, כדור (דיסקית) בהוקי-קרח‬
n. - ‮רוח-שד מרושע במיוחד במעשיות עממיות אנגליות‬


 
 

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