puckish
Adjective Satellite
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
Adj
- Mischievous, impudent, sly; excessively playful.
- Extremely playful, especially in a mischievous manner.
- Having a tendency to play jokes on people, play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them.
Adjective
- Mischievous; impish, like the character Puck.
Examples
- He has a puckish grin.
- He has a puckish sense of humor.
- His PUCKISH grin hinted at a sneaky, high-scoring Scrabble play he was about to make.
- She has a puckish attitude.
- They are so puckish for their love of practical jokes.
Origin / Etymology
From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Scrabble Score: 18
puckish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpuckish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puckish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
puckish: valid Words With Friends Word