as in mischievous
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
he takes a puckish delight in teasing her about her love life, or lack thereof
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Recent Examples of puckish
The honor followed on the heels of her BAFTA win for Yorgos Lanthimos’ puckish spin on the costume drama, in which Stone plays a woman who finds liberation and self-actualization after being brought back to life by an eccentric surgeon.
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
While his work for clients generally calls for classical proportion, albeit with a modern eye, his personal taste is puckish, even zany.
—Nancy Hass Luana Rigolli, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
The Progressive Corporation struck advertising gold when its first campaign featuring a puckish employee named Flo debuted in 2008.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
The drive to complete that escape would take Mr. Stewart first to the stage and then to the television and film roles that have depended on his balance between stately British delivery and puckish, trans-Atlantic good humor.
—Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
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Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
While his work for clients generally calls for classical proportion, albeit with a modern eye, his personal taste is puckish, even zany.
—Nancy Hass Luana Rigolli, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
The Progressive Corporation struck advertising gold when its first campaign featuring a puckish employee named Flo debuted in 2008.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
The drive to complete that escape would take Mr. Stewart first to the stage and then to the television and film roles that have depended on his balance between stately British delivery and puckish, trans-Atlantic good humor.
—Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puckish
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The mission was challenging, and these mischievous little models followed their own dance.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Ferris Bueller is fun, mischievous, an expert on shortcuts.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Fitting with the film’s wicked tone, what ends up bringing Santa back to himself in Violent Night is, well, violence.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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The Joker has become a classic Halloween costume, practically joining the ranks of vampires and wicked witches.Marci Robin, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024
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Partners should do their best to research something novel and playful that piques both of their interest.Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The highlight for me was watching and listening closely to Joan Robinson (Post-Keynesian diva) duking it out with Frank Hahn (Neoclassical divo), in playful but serious jabs and thrusts.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Janice is wonderful and talented and funny and sparkly and mischievous and impish in all the right ways.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Some of the spiciest laughs in Yellow Face come from the show’s gleeful parade of real names, all embodied in satirical snippets by Del Aguila and his equally impish ensemble mates Shannon Tyo and Marinda Anderson.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
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The movie alternates between prankish laughs and visual poetry.Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Puckish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puckish. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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