púca, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í).1. Hobgoblin, pooka, puck. ~ na sméar, fruit-destroying pooka, herald of winter. ~ na n-adharc, bugbear. Is é ~ na n-adharc aige é, it is his pet aversion. ~ na mbeann, (nickname for) the Devil. An ~ a chur ó do theach féin, to evade responsibility, avoid the blame, for something. Prov:An rud a scríobhann an ~ léann sé féin é, (of indecipherable writing or unintelligible statement) what the pooka writes the pooka can read, let the author interpret his own words. Tá sé sna ~í, he is precocious. 2. Surly uncommunicative person. 3. ~ peill, toadstool. S.a. méaracán 2. 4. Téada an phúca, gossamer. S.a. snáthaid 4.