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to yuck

to yuck

3 8.9
To show disgust by making a sound or a face
  • verb
  • /jʌk/
  • Informal
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  • When I saw the moldy bread, I couldn't help but yuck at it.
  • just yuck

My niece Sadie Kargman says don't yuck my Yum hashtag don't yuck my Yum.

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Examples

  • Instead of working on our country's problems, he's yucking it up in Hollywood; he's "shooting hoops" with the pros.

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  • On one of the black radio stations, they were interviewing these guys, and everyone was laughing and yucking it up.

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  • You know what, I'm not gonna let you guys yuck my yum.

  • I can just picture him and Bibi yucking it up about bombing Iran.

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  • Yuck it up, clowns.

  • Not long after that, I saw a video clip of Boehner and Reid at a meeting yucking it up and acting like old pals.

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  • Meanwhile, Obama is hanging with Jay-Z and Beyoncé and yucking it up on Letterman.

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  • She saw the slimy texture of the food and immediately said, 'yuck!'

  • The smell of rotten eggs made him yuck in disgust.

Synonyms

to eww
vsto yuck
  • Informal
9.6

To make a short sound to show disgust

expresses disgust using a different short exclamation sound

Antonyms

1.0

To enjoy a person or thing

1.0

To feel happy because of something you do or see

How Disgusted

to gag
5 5.1
to yuck
  • Informal
3 8.9

Surface Forms

yuck infinitive
yucked past
yucked past participle
yucking present participle
yucks third person singular

Etymology

The word yuck as a verb comes from the same imitating 'disgust' sound people make, like yuck, so to do this is to show you do not like something. So to yuck is to make or say a sound of dislike, often with a face or a short noise.