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# puck

noun (a puck, pucks)

«puck» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A puck is a hard, flat, round rubber disc used in ice hockey instead of a ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#m1)
2. Puck is also the name of a mischievous fairy in Shakespeare's play «A Midsummer Night's Dream». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#m2)

### In the lessons

In sports (especially in Canada and the USA) the puck is hit with a hockey stick across the ice into the goal. Phrases: «hit the puck», «pass the puck», «drop the puck», «the puck went in».

### Examples

- He hit the puck straight into the net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x1)
- In ice hockey you play with a puck, not a ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x2)
- The referee dropped the puck to start the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x3)
- A puck can fly very fast, so players wear helmets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x4)
- She passed the puck to her teammate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x5)
- Puck is the cheeky fairy in Shakespeare's play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x6)
- Puck was careful not always to play his tricks in the same place, but visited one village after another, so that everyone trembled lest he should be the next victim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/#x7)

### Note

Countable: puck, pucks. Ice hockey is called just «hockey» in Canada and the USA; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand «hockey» usually means field hockey, played with a ball. Air hockey also uses a small puck.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «puck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«puck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/puck.html) on Mova free.