yuck
Plural: yucks
Intj
- Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.
Noun
- Something disgusting.
- A general insult.
- The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh.
- Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
Verb
Verb Forms: yucked, yucking, yucks
- To make a sound of disgust or to laugh loudly.
- To say "yuck"; to express disgust.
- To vomit or gag;
- fuck.
- To laugh or joke.
- To yank or grab.
- Alternative form of yawk (“to inflict a violent impact upon”).
Examples
- The crowd would YUCK at his opponent’s terrible tile draw.
- Yuck! This peanut butter is disgusting!
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps 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"”) .
Synonyms
ack, agh, argh, bah, barf, bleah, blech, bleck, bleh, eugh, eurgh, ew, eww, faugh, feh, foh, gack, gah, ick, no, pah, pew, phew, poo, pooh, uck, ugh, urgh, ych a fi, yearling, yech, yeugh, yeurgh, yuck
Scrabble Score: 13
yuck: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyuck: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yuck: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary