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单词 pooka
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pooka1

noun ˈpuːkəˈpo͞okə
  • (in Irish mythology) a hobgoblin or sprite able to take on the form of various animals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Musicians, storytellers and dancers will assemble for a night of pisogery, pookas and boogie men.
    • He's a pooka,’ some kind of wise trickster god of, I believe, Irish origin.
    • I mean, a banshee, a pooka and leprechauns sure sound strange to me.
    • And the magic world of pisreogs and pookas come alive as the teller weaves her magic spell in a place where words are gifts to be given away.

Origin

From Irish púca.

Rhymes

bazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, palooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca

pooka2

nounˈpuːkəˈpo͞okə
  • variant spelling of puka
 
 

pooka1

nounˈpo͞okə
  • (in Irish mythology) a hobgoblin.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I mean, a banshee, a pooka and leprechauns sure sound strange to me.
    • Musicians, storytellers and dancers will assemble for a night of pisogery, pookas and boogie men.
    • He's a pooka,’ some kind of wise trickster god of, I believe, Irish origin.
    • And the magic world of pisreogs and pookas come alive as the teller weaves her magic spell in a place where words are gifts to be given away.

Origin

From Irish púca.

pooka2

nounˈpo͞okə
  • variant spelling of puka
 
 
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