yuck
Something disgustingSomething disgusting.
» Yuck! Who'd buy this?
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4 senses(uncountable)Something disgusting.
(derogatory, informal, uncountable)A general insult.
The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh.
(US, slang)Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
Examples
16 sentencesYuck! Who'd buy this?
Yuck, there's a hair floating in the soup.
ruФу, в супе волос плавает. — nina99nv
deIgitt! In der Suppe schwimmt ein Haar! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
plural: yucks| Singular | yuck |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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