pooka1
/ˈpuːkə
/noun
(In Irish mythology) a hobgoblin or sprite able to take on the form of various animals.I mean, a banshee, a pooka and leprechauns sure sound strange to me....
- 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.
Rhymes
pooka2
noun
Variant spelling of puka.
- like a moth to the flame
- like anything
- like a rat up a drainpipe
- like a ripe plum (or ripe plums)
- like a scalded cat
- like a shag on a rock
- like a shot
- like a streak
- like a stunned mullet
- like a ton of bricks
- like blazes
- like blue murder
- like clockwork
- like crazy
- like death warmed up (or over)
- like enough (or most like)
- like father, like son
- like fury
- like (greased) lightning
- like hell
- like herding cats
- like it or not
- like it's going out of style (or fashion)
- likelihood
- likelihood ratio