MEANING
Playfully mischievous, often in a clever or teasing way.
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Words that belong together
- a puckish grin
- puckish humor
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A puckish grin was her only acknowledgment of the joke.
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Word forms
- Base
- puckish
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more puckish; superlative most puckish when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: uncommon.
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