puck

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Editorial note

One said says profit the other side says to skate where the puck is going.

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Quick take

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of puck gathered in one view.

noun

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

noun

(mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

noun

(hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for puck.

noun

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.

noun

(mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

noun

(hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.

noun

(trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.

Example sentences

One said says profit the other side says to skate where the puck is going.

Gotta skate to where the puck is going to be.

It's even harder to skate where the proverbial puck will be twenty years in the future.

Jobs also insisted on the awful hockey puck mouse because he thought that a perfect circle was more important than ergonomics.

The hockey-puck mouse would have been a lot nicer to use had it been wireless.

A fun bit is the defence of the hockey puck mouse (at the end).

One picture has a matchbox for comparison, based on that it appear to be the size of a hockey puck (about 8cm diameter).

You now have a little puck of paraffin with a wick in it.

But iMac's hockey puck was one of the ugliest mice of all time.

The puck mouse was just awkward pushing with fingers.

I'm very happy with CouchBase and I feel like they are way ahead of everyone else in terms of skating to where there puck is going to be.

I had to read further into the description to figure out for myself that it's a puck you place in/on things and it just alerts when it moves.

Quote examples

The other thing to think about is that R&D doesn't just "skate to where the puck will be," it actually places the puck on the ice.

But if you "skate where the puck is going" it's not hard to imagine other digital goods being smart-property-enabled and eventually physical things like cars, door-locks etc.

Their “puck” mouse design was intended to ameliorate RSI by encouraging a grip with only the fingertips.

There are some people who really love Apple's mice, even the notorious "hockey puck" one.

Proper noun examples

Will there be any way to connect local USB peripherals (like phones, audio interfaces, game controllers, etc.) either to the Paperweight (better named the Puck) or to a local computer for service by the remote one?