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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An instance of being puckish. uncountable

   "There was some puckishness to this […] but Walinksy is a serious man and he wasn't really joking."

2. 2
   the trait of behaving like an imp wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

monkey businessbadnessdevilmentdevilryfoolishnesshigh spirits

Example

More examples

"There was some puckishness to this […] but Walinksy is a serious man and he wasn't really joking."

Etymology

From puckish + -ness.

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