1. (Mediæval Myth.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
PUCKA
Puck"a, a. [Written also pukka.] [Hind. pakka cooked, ripe, solid.]
Defn: Good of its kind; — variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [India]
It's pukka famine, by the looks of it.
Kipling.
PUCKBALL
Puck"ball`, n. Etym: [Puck + ball.]
Defn: A puffball.
PUCKER
Puck"er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Puckering.] Etym: [From Poke a pocket, small bag.]