Definitions for pooka

pooka poo·ka

Spelling: [poo-kuh]
IPA: /ˈpu kə/

Pooka is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in pooka (akoop).

Definitions for pooka

noun

  1. puca.
  2. (in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.

Origin of pooka

Irish púca; see Puck

Examples for pooka

All these names imply that the pooka has something to do with this poisonous fungus.

And Fergus knew it was the pooka, the wild horse of the mountains.

In Leinster, it was always the, not a pooka, that we heard named.

They thought they would hide behind trees until they heard the coming of the pooka and his horse.

That night Morag and Flann talked about the pooka and his fierce horse.

But the Bull and the man got through the wood and again they began to gain on the pooka's horse.

The black horse halted and the pooka that was its rider slipped down to its tail.

Now we must stand between the house and the mound, and wait till the pooka rides by.

Then the pooka swung forward and whispered into his horse's ear.

As they went by the mound the Bull charged down and its horns tossed the tail of the pooka's horse.

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