yum
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yum¹
- /jʌm/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
Imitative.
interjection yum yum
- Indicating delight at the flavor of food. Yum! This apple pie is delicious!
- Indicating delight in other things. Grandpa bought an RCA Color TV. Mmm. See my Beatles in color. YUM.
adjective
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Delicious.
This apple pie is yum!
Opposite: yuck
yum²
- /jʌm/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ʌm
proper noun
- Acronym of Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux. Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.
Yum³
proper noun Yums
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: yummo, tasty, yummy, aye, yin, yang, guanyin, num, yam, icac, yao, tsang, lian, yab, nummy, yummers
Translations
Talk about this word "yum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yum "yum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yum.Cite this
@misc{yum_2026,
title = {yum},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yum},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
