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puckish definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: ¹puck Date: 1874 impish, whimsical • puckishly adverb • puckishness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Puckish Puck"ish, a. [From Puck.] Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. ``Puckish freaks.'' --J. R. Green.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone as puckish, you mean that they play tricks on people or tease them. (OLD-FASHIONED, WRITTEN) He had a puckish sense of humour. = impish ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

antic, arch, devilish, elfish, elvish, foolish, full of mischief, high-spirited, impish, knavish, larkish, mischief-loving, mischievous, playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, roguish, scampish, scapegrace, sportive, trickish, tricksy, waggish, wicked