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puck

US /pʌk/ 
UK /pʌk/ 

A small, hard rubber disc that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey (= a game played on ice)

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British English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

puck

puck /pʌk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: English dialect; Origin: puck 'to hit', from ↑poke1]
a hard flat circular piece of rubber that you hit with the stick in the game of ↑ice hockey

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

puck

puck [puck pucks]   [pʌk]    [pʌk]  noun

1. a hard flat rubber disc that is used as a ball in ice hockey

2. (computing) a pointing device that looks like a computer mouse and is used to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen 
Word Origin:

late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

puck / pʌk / noun [ C ]

a small, hard rubber disc that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey (= a game played on ice)

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

puck

/pʌk/
(pucks)

In the game of ice hockey, the puck is the small rubber disc that is used instead of a ball.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

puck

puck /ˈpʌk/ noun, pl pucks [count] : the small, hard, rubber object that is used in ice hockey
• a hockey puck

noun
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