yuk
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- noun
- /jʌk/
- Informal
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- I pretty much got my 11 minutes' worth of yuks.
- a big yuk
- a good yuk
Examples
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It's so cool when you can share the same yuks and know they get it.
Blog text (15) -
"Could you accidentally give me too much?" Yuk, yuk.
Fiction book (1993) -
A bunch of kids who didn't give a hoot just so long as they had a yuk to share.
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I'd just as soon try and sit around... and have a few yuks with Khrushchev.
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You wanna throw those pathetic yuks some scratch, I applaud your... sensitivity.
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We spent the evening sharing yuks over dinner, telling our favorite jokes.
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The comedian's performance was filled with yuks that had the audience in stitches.
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After watching the hilarious movie, we couldn't stop sharing yuks together.
Synonyms
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1.0
The sound or face people make when they find something funny
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2.9
A loud deep sound people make when something is very funny
A funny story friends tell to make each other laugh
A teasing remark said to make people laugh
How Funny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yuk as a noun for 'a laugh' comes from the stage sound yuk-yuk, which writers used to show loud, rough laughter. So a 'yuk' is a quick, loud laugh or a funny remark meant to make people laugh.