pooka
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish púca (“goblin, sprite”).
Noun[edit]
pooka (plural pookas)
- A fairy that appears in animal form, often large. It appears only to some people.
- The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Hawaiian puka (“hole”).
Noun[edit]
pooka (plural pookas)
- A convenient storage location or hiding spot created by the arrangement or form of surrounding objects
Verb[edit]
pooka (third-person singular simple present pookas, present participle pookaing, simple past and past participle pookaed)
- The act of storing an object in a pooka
Usage notes[edit]
Incorporated from Hawaiian into English by sailors in the US Navy as a name for a place (especially aboard a ship) to store or hide objects, or the action of storing an object in such a place.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Harvey - the 1950 film.
