# yuck

Pronunciation: say "YUK" /jʌk/

## Interjection

1. Said to express disgust, usually at a bad taste or smell.
   - Simple: A word people say when something tastes or smells bad enough to disgust them.
   - _Yuck, who left this fish out on the counter all day?_
   - _Yuck! The whole carton of cream had curdled._

## Noun

2. Something regarded as disgusting.
   - Simple: Something that looks, smells, or feels really gross.
   - _The drain was clogged with a month's worth of yuck._
   - _She scraped the gray yuck out of the fridge and tossed it._
5. A term of abuse applied to a person; a general insult. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A nasty name used to insult a person.
   - _The crowd jeered at him, calling him a yuck._
   - _Stop acting like such a yuck and just apologize._
6. The sound produced by a hearty, whole-hearted laugh.
   - Simple: The sound of a big, hearty laugh.
   - _A hearty yuck escaped him before he could cover his mouth._
   - _The room filled with one great yuck after the punchline._
9. A second-year cadet at the West Point military academy; a sophomore there. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A second-year student at the West Point military school.
   - _As a yuck, he finally earned a handful of weekend privileges._
   - _The yucks gathered for morning formation in the cold._

## Verb

3. To express disgust, especially by saying "yuck."
   - Simple: To say "yuck" or to show that something disgusts you.
   - _Half the table yucked when the strange dish arrived._
   - _Guests will yuck at anything they find unfamiliar._
4. To vomit, or to gag.
   - Simple: To throw up, or to gag.
   - _The sour stench nearly made her yuck on the spot._
   - _He yucked twice before he could reach the bathroom._
7. To laugh, or to share jokes.
   - Simple: To laugh, or to make jokes.
   - _The old friends yucked together long into the night._
   - _They yuck and tease one another at every reunion._
8. To yank or grab.
   - Simple: To pull or grab something quickly and hard.
   - _He yucked the stuck drawer open with both hands._
   - _Grab the cord and yuck it firmly to start the engine._
10. Alternative form of yawk, in Multicultural London English. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)* — Alternative form of yawk (“to inflict a violent impact upon”).
   - Simple: Another way to write yawk, used in some London slang.
11. A coarse substitute for the word "fuck," used across its various senses.
   - Simple: A rude word used in place of "fuck."
   - _He didn't give a single yuck about what anyone thought._
   - _What the yuck were they thinking, leaving the gate open?_

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5, 11** — Perhaps imitative, this word first appeared in the 1960s. It is akin to Dutch jakkes ("disgusting"), and compare Scots yeuk ("anything that disgusts") and Middle English yuke ("an itchy skin disease").
**Meanings 6–7** — From 1930s theatrical slang, probably imitative, with the variant form yuk.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/yuck (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).