Puck may refer to:

Objects

Hockey puck A hockey puck is either an open or closed disk used in a variety of sports and games. There are designs made for use on an ice surface, such as in ice hockey, and others for the different variants of floor hockey which includes the wheeled skate ...

, either an open or closed

disk Disk or disc may refer to: * Disk (mathematics), a geometric shape * Disk storage Music * Disc (band), an American experimental music band * ''Disk'' (album), a 1995 EP by Moby Other uses * Disk (functional analysis), a subset of a vector sp ...

used in

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

and

floor hockey Floor hockey is a broad term for several indoor floor game codes which involve two teams using a stick and type of ball or disk. Disks are either open or closed but both designs are usually referred to as "pucks". These games are played either on ...

serving the same function a

ball A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used f ...

does in ball games. * Floor hockey puck, a disk, either open or closed, made from synthetic materials and designed for use on dry floors serving the same function a

does in ball games * Puck, a

graphics tablet A graphics tablet (also known as a digitizer, digital graphic tablet, pen tablet, drawing tablet, external drawing pad or digital art board) is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics, with a spec ...

accessory * Puck, the coffee grounds inside an espresso machine

portafilter An espresso machine brews coffee by forcing pressurized water near boiling point through a "puck" of ground coffee and a filter in order to produce a thick, concentrated coffee called espresso. The first machine for making espresso was built in ...

* Puck, an injection-molded carrier that stabilizes products on a

conveyor A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transport of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow ...

line *

Shaving soap Shaving soap is a hard soap that is used to produce lather with a shaving brush. The lather it produces is used to coat the face during shaving, softening the hair in preparation for shaving. While shaving soap produces plenty of dense and long- ...

, typically refers to a hard soap that is whipped into a lather using a shaving brush * Puck or sometimes "puck adapter" an adapter put in the large hole of a 45 rpm

single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...

so that it could be played on the thinner type of spindle.

Characters

Puck (folklore) In English folklore, Puck (), sometimes known as Robin Goodfellow, is a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy. Origins and comparative folklore Etymology The etymology of ''puck'' is uncertain. The modern English word is attested alread ...

, a trickster character of folk tales * Puck (''A Midsummer Night's Dream''), a character from Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' ** Puck, from the ''

Faeries A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, o ...

'' CBS TV special ** Puck, from the '' Gargoyles'' animated series ** Puck, the eponymous character from Rudyard Kipling's book ''

Puck of Pook's Hill ''Puck of Pook's Hill'' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of ...

'' and its sequel ** Puck, from ''

The Sandman The Sandman is a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. Representation in traditional folklore The Sandman is a traditional charact ...

'' series of comic books ** Puck, from ''

The Sisters Grimm ''The Sisters Grimm'' is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series features two sisters, Sabrina Grimm and Daphne Grimm, and consists of nine novels that were published from 2005 to 201 ...

'' series of novels *

Puck (Marvel Comics) Puck is the codename of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The two characters are a father and daughter pair, who are both members of Alpha Flight, in the Marvel Universe. Publication history Th ...

, the codename of two Marvel characters * Puck (''Glee''), from the musical comedy-drama ''Glee'' * Puck (''Love Birds''), youngest penguin from the musical ''Love Birds'' *

Peter Puck Peter Puck is a hockey puck-shaped cartoon character. The puck, whose animated adventures appeared on both '' NBC's Hockey Game of the Week'' and CBC's ''Hockey Night in Canada'' during the 1970s, explained ice hockey rules, equipment and the spor ...

, a hockey-puck-shaped cartoon character * Puck, a character from the ''Berserk'' manga and anime series * Puck (''Re:Zero''), a character in the light novel series ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' * Puck, a non-playable character in the video game, ''

Final Fantasy IX is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square (video game company), Square for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main ''Final Fantasy'' series. The plot focuses on a wa ...

'' * Puck, a playable character in the video game, ''

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.'' ''Dota 2' ...

'' * Baron Puck, in the 1867 opéra bouffe ''

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The sto ...

Literature

* ''Puck'' (magazine), an 1871–1918 humor publication * ''Puck'' (literary magazine), a 1990s publication * ''Puck'', a novel by

Ouida Ouida (; 1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). During her career, Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as sh ...

Places

Puck County __NOTOC__ Puck County ( pl, powiat pucki, csb, pùcczi pòwiat) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The ''powiat'' of this name existed in the hist ...

, Poland **

Puck, Poland Puck ( csb, Pùckò, Pùck, Pëck, formerly german: Putzig) is a town in northern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck) and part of Kashubia with many Kashubian speakers in ...

, a town and the county seat **

Gmina Puck __NOTOC__ Gmina Puck is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Puck, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , ...

, a ''gmina'' or administrative division ** Puck railway station *

Puck (moon) Puck is an inner moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft. The name ''Puck'' follows the convention of naming Uranus's moons after characters from Shakespeare. The orbit of Puck lies between the rings of ...

, a moon of Uranus *

Bay of Puck The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (; ; german: Putziger Wiek), is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula. The bay ha ...

, in the Baltic Sea

Other uses

* Puck (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Puck'' (opera), an opéra-féerique which premiered in 1949 *

Puck Building __FORCETOC__ The Puck Building is a historic building located in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry and Jersey Streets. An example of the German Rundbogenstil style o ...

, a Manhattan landmark *

Puck Fair The Puck Fair (Irish: ''Aonach an Phoic'', meaning "Fair of the He-Goat", 'poc' being the Irish for a male goat) is one of Ireland's oldest fairs. It takes place annually from 10–12 August in Killorglin, County Kerry. Description Every ye ...

, an Irish festival *

Puck App Puck App is a mobile application that allows hockey players to quickly find and rent a hockey goalie. It was founded in 2015 in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded populati ...

, a mobile application that allows hockey players to quickly find and rent a hockey goalie *

Puck puzzle The Puck puzzle ( Hungarian: ''Kép Korong''), also known as Picture Disc, is a combination puzzle invented in 1980 by Hungarian physicist András Végh. The disc shaped puzzle consists of 2 central pieces: the inner disc, and segments forming a r ...

, a combination puzzle invented in 1980 by Hungarian physicist András Végh * Puck Man, the original name for the arcade game

Pac-Man originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Th ...

* ''Puck'' (fish), a genus of dreamer deep-water fish *

Puck (media company) ''Puck'' is an American digital media company founded in 2021. ''Pucks coverage aims to cover the 'four centers of power' in the United States: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Washington and Wall Street. History ''Puck'' was founded by Joe ...

, American digital media company {{disambiguation, geo