DCHP-1 Online
puck [< Brit. dial. var. of poke] 
n. a disk of hard, black rubber used in ice hockey.
- 1895 The puck is about the size of a blacking box, made of rubber.
- 1931 Joe Martin drew Doran out and netted the puck home with a tricky shot.
- 1963 All this fits in with the name, puck. Just how it came to be called that, or by whom, nobody knows.
- 1895 The puck is about the size of a blacking box, made of rubber.