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- Dictionarypuckish/ˈpʌkɪʃ/
adjective
- 1. playful, especially in a mischievous way: "a puckish sense of humour"
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PUCKISH definition: 1. liking to make jokes about other people and play silly tricks on them: 2. liking to make jokes…. Learn more.
Someone who's puckish is up to a little trouble. Your puckish friend might play practical jokes on you, but they're more silly than meanspirited. You can imagine a puckish person with a naughty twinkle in her eye. She might drive you crazy, but she also makes you laugh.
The meaning of PUCKISH is impish, whimsical. How to use puckish in a sentence. Did you know?
If you describe someone as puckish, you mean that they play tricks on people or tease them.
Puckish definition: mischievous; impish.. See examples of PUCKISH used in a sentence.
Define puckish. puckish synonyms, puckish pronunciation, puckish translation, English dictionary definition of puckish. adj. Mischievous; impish: a puckish grin; puckish wit. puck′ish·ly adv. puck′ish·ness n.
The earliest known use of the adjective puckish is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for puckish is from 1874, in the writing of John Richard Green, historian. puckish is formed within English, by derivation.