What's the difference between puck and yuck?

Puck


Definition:

  • (n.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
  • (n.) The goatsucker.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A good example is Apple TV: Can it possibly generate real money at $100 a puck?
  • (2) At stake: rice cakes, a gift basket, and a somewhat condescending hockey puck.
  • (3) 3.21am BST Puck drops... We're back, and we have action.
  • (4) 2.44am BST Kings 3-3 Blackhawks, 2:42, 2nd period A two-on one break for the Hawks - Shaw is skating with the puck across the blue line, passes to Niklas Hjalmarsson, who gives it back, cross ice to Shaw who fires and is denied!
  • (5) Dadd's three paintings Puck (1841), A Fairy – Sunset (1841-42) and Come unto these Yellow Sands (1842) are elegant and precise – the Puck is a baby, sitting on a mushroom in moonlight under a columbine dripping with dewdrops, among grasses also beaded with water, and watches much smaller naked dancers cavorting below him.
  • (6) Jagr nearly won it for Boston in the closing seconds of the second OT when the puck deflected off him and hit the post.
  • (7) Updated at 2.17am BST 2.15am BST Puck drops ...and we're back.
  • (8) 1.41am BST Rangers 0-1 Kings, 09:01, 1st period Hagelin puts the puck on net, Quick saves.
  • (9) Jeff Carter’s puck passed the line with approximately 0.07 seconds left in the first, delivering a devastating blow to New York.
  • (10) Also, the Kings were able to force key turnovers, none more important than Girardi's misstep that led to the winning goal from Justin Williams - the Rangers simply must be more careful with the puck to win.
  • (11) It was also possible to demonstrate that for a given speed of the puck the more flexible stick required a smaller force than the rigid one.
  • (12) Galactokinase deficient fibroblasts are not distinguishable from galactosemic fibroblasts by a test suggested earlier by Hill & Puck (1973).
  • (13) Pucks flew across the crease as the Habs ran heavy traffic around the netminder.
  • (14) 3.56am BST Kings 1-2 Rangers, 1:11, 3rd period Martinez shoots - Pearson redirects - where's the puck?
  • (15) But King was in the crease and The King could not move to get the puck - the refs ignore the obvious interference and the goal stands!
  • (16) That's what we're about to find out, but before the puck drops, and even after, why not join the blog, because, as we like to say, our blog is your blog.
  • (17) Now another chance for LA - off the faceoff - Brown gets the puck behind the pack, he's in front of the net but fires into the chest of Lundqvist!
  • (18) 1.31am BST Kings 0-0 Rangers, 13:44, first period Now it's Anze Kopitar carrying, carrying, behind the net, controlling, and now he's trying to wrap around, but it's off the blade of his stick and the puck slides across the crease.
  • (19) 3.17am BST Kings 3-0 Rangers, 16:57, third period The Kings carry the puck for a decent chunk of the advantage, mostly thanks to Anze Kopitar.
  • (20) Finally the ref stops play - but the puck is just inches in front of the goal line!

Yuck


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To itch.
  • (v. t.) To scratch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indeed, Meyer's visceral reaction drove home the extent to which these posthuman technologies provoke visions of dystopian futures or what Miah pithily calls "the yuck factor".
  • (2) "In some ways, in vitro meat produced in a clean, pristine laboratory may have less of a yuck factor than what goes on in an abattoir."
  • (3) But there is arguably nothing on either list to rival the yuck factor of one of last year's crop – the Doggie Doo , a plastic dog that poos out plasticine.
  • (4) Second, the yuck factor: isn't it just beyond tasteful (no pun intended) for a woman to put her nipple into another woman's baby's mouth?
  • (5) Given this natural aversion to human waste, it takes rigorous research, careful implementation and skillful social marketing to overcome the ‘yuck’ factor,” says Kramer.
  • (6) No, yuck, we don’t need this, and most people aren’t asking for it.
  • (7) He said the bureau was not expecting any storms but there was an increased chance on Friday and Saturday, days which he said would feel particularly “yuck”.
  • (8) And in the middle of it were the two Matthews, obsequiously yucking it up like a grotesque Fluck and Law parody of the coddled one-percent.
  • (9) Nile Rodgers of the funk band Chic tweeted: "Lou Reed, RIP I did the Jools Holland show with him last year and we yucked it up.
  • (10) When Collins asked why Clarke decided to run the agenda-setting story of a young actor suffering from acne, Clarke replied: "Well, we all just looked at the picture and went 'Yuck'.
  • (11) Many insect species are found on, in or around waste, and they’re commonly associated with dirt, decay and disease, all of which can significantly up the yuck factor.
  • (12) Asked why he ran a story about a celebrity's acne, he replied, "Well, we all just looked at the picture and went 'Yuck'.
  • (13) That name may not be quite as catchy as "yum" or "yuck", admittedly, but it does provide a genetic explanation for why people either love or loathe brussels sprouts.
  • (14) Parts of this area have been gentrifying for decades, but during the branch’s first month, someone scrawled “Yuck” on its windows.
  • (15) One of the things that's surprising when you go on telly a lot is that often the on-camera "talent" (yuck!)
  • (16) Hall Pass (3) held as its central thesis the idea that women are inherently disgusting; I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry was two dozen soap-dropping gags masquerading as comedy; and it's hard to imagine that The Hangover Part II's Thailand setting was chosen for any reason other than its capacity for transsexual yucks.
  • (17) Drenge, who are currently taking to the stage at Roskilde festival in Denmark and are therefore unable to comment on today's seismic events, have enjoyed underground acclaim with tracks like I Wanna Break You In Half and People In Love Make Me Feel Yuck .
  • (18) Still, for someone who once described Chow as "Lucifer in a good v evil Wagner meta-play" , the dumb yucks of The Hangover franchise must have started to wear.
  • (19) A Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson predicted the weather in Queensland on Friday and Saturday would be particularly “yuck”.

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