yuck

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jʌk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /jʊk/ Homophone: yuk Rhymes: -ʌk === Etymology 1 === 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"”) . ==== Interjection ==== yuck Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour. [from 1966] Antonym: yum ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:yuck ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== yuck (uncountable) (uncountable) Something disgusting. (derogatory, informal) A general insult. ==== Verb ==== yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) To say "yuck"; to express disgust. To vomit or gag; (euphemistic) fuck. === Etymology 2 === 1930s theatrical slang, probably Imitative. Compare the variant yuk. ==== Noun ==== yuck (plural yucks) The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh. ==== Verb ==== yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) (often followed by "up") To laugh or joke. ==== See also ==== yuk === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) To yank or grab. === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== yuck (third-person singular simple present yucks, present participle yucking, simple past and past participle yucked) Alternative form of yawk (“to inflict a violent impact upon”). === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== yuck (plural yucks) (US, military, slang) Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”). 2008, United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates, Assembly (volume 67, issues 1-4, page 126) Amy tells us that her husband, Jim Nelson, is deployed to Afghanistan […] as a nuclear operations officer — a result of graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2007 with a master's in Applied Physics. I guess I should have been looking for Jim to partner up with for physics help as a Yuck! ==== See also ==== yuck fou == Scots == === Etymology === Presumably of the same roots as English chuck, which see. === Verb === yuck (third-person singular simple present yuck, present participle yuckin, simple past and past participle yuckit) to chuck, to throw A yuckit it inti the bucket. ― I chucked it into the bucket === Noun === yuck (plural yucks) a throw a small stone that can be thrown