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How to pronounce puckish in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, wicked
Derivation puckishness

Examples of puckish

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Verstraeten, a puckish and ebullient man of 45, said over lunch at Rouge Tomate.
From the nytimes.com
One instant she looked like a puckish milkmaid, the next like Ophelia going mad.
From the time.com
Along the way, Clements reveals a low-key, perceptive and puckish sense of humor.
From the jsonline.com
The seductive vulgarity of authoritarian power is at once puckish and perturbing.
From the latimes.com
You are next drawn to puckish photograph by Jacqueline Langelier of San Francisco.
From the sacbee.com
Ramirez found himself on an island immediately after his puckish reaction in Miami.
From the bostonherald.com
One firm has modeled its puckish ornaments on Russell Crowe in his gladiator outfit.
From the time.com
Shokri Ghanem, the puckish chairman of Libyan National Oil, is delighted with Scaroni.
From the businessweek.com
Close up, his skin was sallow, like parchment, but his expression was puckish, amused.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Arch: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"
  • (puckishly) impishly: in an appealing but bold manner; "she asked him impishly to come in"
  • (puckishness) impishness: the trait of behaving like an imp
  • Mischievous; excessively playful