Puckish

Mr. Galentine was quieter, but possessed what the couple's longtime neighbor described as a puckish sense of humor. ❋ By DIANE CARDWELL (2011)

Dianne Feinstein described Reid's sense of humor as "puckish" and Cantwell said that one of the downsides of having Al Franken as a colleague is that the men in the caucus try to out-funny the funny man. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

GREENFIELD: Joe Lieberman does have a kind of puckish sense of humor. ❋ Unknown (2003)

There's a kind of puckish sense of humor that Wellstone has always carried into his political campaigns, like the famous ads he did in 1990 where he's talking at breakneck speed, saying I don't have any money, so I have to talk fast. ❋ Unknown (2002)

By the way"—an able tailor, Garak altered his expression from puckish to sincerely concerned—"any word from him?" ❋ ESTHER FRIESNER (1990)

"puckish" Microsoft move, says antitrust expert in an analysis of the latest maneuver. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seeing Greg Mankiw's reference to the World's Smallest Political Quiz put me in a puckish mood to tweak the questions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It accomplished all those achievements with a puckish irreverence that captivated the public and made heroes of its employees. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

Certainly Downey Jr's louche acting style finds a neat balance with Harris, who plays Moriarty as a puckish, dapper Satan, his ratty teeth glinting behind fox-red facial hair. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A puckish irreverence, calculated to upend the cliché of the tortured master builder, is integral to his impressive resume. ❋ Richard B. Woodward (2011)

There are fewer flashes of the puckish humour these days and he is more cautious in his pronouncements, but he is nonetheless saying more than the government would like, and recent actions by his supporters speak still louder. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Flea wants to play Africa, but the puckish Mr. Burnstein has pushed back, saying the continent's infrastructure and profit potential—excluding South Africa—isn't there yet. ❋ Neil Shah (2011)

The Cheshire cat's wide, puckish smile descending from the heavens as a crescent moon; the caterpillar puffing opiate smoke into the face of Alice and snobbishly asking, Who ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The touchstone for these works is A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Hunter transferring the fairy queen and puckish sprites to modern Hackney. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"He was a very interesting man; a progressive thinker with an unexpected and puckish sense of humour." ❋ Maev Kennedy (2010)

Following this was a puckish and impudent work from Alvin Curran, Schtyx from 1992. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Faced with handling two songs each—as Seacrest vaguely explained, one from the "last few years" and a another from "back in the day"—most of Jacob's fellow contestants killed it in the early round, especially Scotty, who showed a puckish, lively side previously unimaginable. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Where Valentin yearns to "discuss ideas, to perfect my very soul" at the knee of the great author, the puckish Tolstoy dismisses some of his doctrine's key tenets – like celibacy – much to the puzzlement of his earnest acolyte. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Dis forum is well [puckish], [innit]?" "[Puckish] [freaks]." - J. R. Green. ❋ Daniel Winter (2004)

'without [inspiration] you are nothing' - [the original] puckish [motto] ❋ Frankie (2005)

Puckish: [Breaking down] youth-culture barriers, one [brick] [at a time] ❋ Pip (2005)