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peck·ish [ˈpekɪʃ] ADJ Brit Aus

pun·ish [ˈpʌnɪʃ] VB trans

2. punish (treat roughly, treat badly):

3. punish (exert oneself):

I . Turk·ish [ˈtɜ:kɪʃ] ADJ

II . Turk·ish [ˈtɜ:kɪʃ] N

II . puck·er [ˈpʌkəʳ] VB intr to pucker [up]

rak·ish [ˈreɪkɪʃ] ADJ

2. rakish (dissolute):

book·ish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] ADJ

1. bookish (studious):

2. bookish (unworldly):

mawk·ish [ˈmɔ:kɪʃ] ADJ

par·ish [ˈpærɪʃ] N

1. parish REL:

fara f
farani m pl

2. parish Brit POL:

krajani m pl

I . per·ish [ˈperɪʃ] VB intr

1. perish:

perish form liter (die)
umirati [perf umreti]

2. perish (deteriorate):

perish Brit Aus rubber, leather

II . per·ish [ˈperɪʃ] VB trans

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He had been one of those emotionally dangerous men of huge charisma and puckish good looks.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I know the answer of course, just being puckish.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
For the camera, she was puckish and charming.
www.ft.com
His puckish humor and exuberance for life and for ideas are infectious even at a remove.
www.salon.com
She was a small, forceful woman with a pugnaciously short haircut and a puckish sense of humour.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Watching this seriously under-developed ponderous/puckish soap opera is like staying in a monumental but only half-built hotel.
www.independent.co.uk
The line breaks and form choices were exacting and somehow puckish.
en.wikipedia.org
A puckish stage presence was made more pronounced when he occasionally dressed in green to perform as a leprechaun.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Puckish and witty, it rebuked the po-faced and self-vaunting character of many post-war travelogues.
www.independent.co.uk
He may no longer be with us, but his puckish, ageless screen persona, as well as his books and watercolors -- will live on!
entertainment.inquirer.net

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