yuck
To say "yuck"; to express disgustTo say "yuck"; to express disgust.
» Yuck! Who'd buy this?
Meaning
5 sensesTo say "yuck"; to express disgust.
To vomit or gag;
(euphemistic)Fuck.
(often)To laugh or joke.
To yank or grab.
Examples
16 sentencesYuck! Who'd buy this?
Yuck, there's a hair floating in the soup.
ruФу, в супе волос плавает.
deIgitt! In der Suppe schwimmt ein Haar!
He put a booger in his mouth, yuck!
Yuck, my cake is too sweet, and how is yours?
Don't yuck someone else's yum.
Origin
Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. CompaPerhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) .
1930s theatrical slang, probably Imitative. Compare the variant yuk.
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Forms
yucks, yucking, yucked, yuckedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle