yuk
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yuk¹
- /jʌk/
Sounds like yuck · Rhymes with -ʌk
Where it comes from
Imitative, similar to the variant yuck.
interjection
- An exuberant laugh.
noun yuks
- Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh. The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.
verb yuks · yukking · yukked
- To laugh exuberantly.
yuk²
- /jʌk/
Sounds like yuck · Rhymes with -ʌk
interjection
- Alternative spelling of yuck (disgust)yuck Yuk! Egg on my face! With my usual wait 'til it's history GCN reading habits, I opened my April Fools issue and began to read the election year news; it did not occur to this avid reader that anything was being spoofed until the second paragraph.
