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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "om nom nom"
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"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"word": "yuck factor"
},
{
"word": "yuck it up"
},
{
"word": "yuck out"
},
{
"word": "yuck someone's yum"
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{
"word": "yuck up"
},
{
"word": "yucky"
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{
"text": "Yuck! This peanut butter is disgusting!",
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}
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"Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour."
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"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "argh"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "barf"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "bleah"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "bleck"
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"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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"word": "faugh"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "gah"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "gack"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "ick"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "no"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "pah"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "pew"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "phew"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "poo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "pooh"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "uck"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "ugh"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "urgh"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "yech"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "yeurgh"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "yeugh"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yuck",
"word": "yuck"
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "sies"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yaʕ",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "يَع"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yaʕʕ",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "يع"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yaḵḵ",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
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],
"word": "يخ"
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{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵḵī",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "اخيه"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yiʕ",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "يِع"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ecs"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "惡心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ěxin",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "恶心"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pēi",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"offensive",
"strong"
],
"word": "呸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuì",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "啐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "āiyā",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "哎呀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "āi",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "哎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ài",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "唉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "fuj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "bah"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "jakkes"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "jakkie"
},
{
"code": "gmw-ecg",
"lang": "East Central German",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "aeg"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "aĉ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "yök"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "beurk"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "igitt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "pfui"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bliach",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "μπλιαχ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aiboî",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "αἰβοῖ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phû",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "φῦ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psó",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ψό"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "iks",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "איכס"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "fui",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "פוי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "pfuj"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "oj"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "uch"
},
{
"alt": "also spelled: ゲ (ge), げっ (ge), ゲッ (ge)",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ge",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "げ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "waek",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "왝"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "haki rā"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śī",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "शी"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ih"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "æsj"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ایش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "fuj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "eca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "puh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "iéca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fu",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "фу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tʹfu",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "тьфу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fe",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "фе"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "aristocratic",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fi",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "фи"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "be",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "бе"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "fuj",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "фуј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "bljak",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бљак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "fuj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "bljak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "puaj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "guácala"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "fuchi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "fuchila"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "puaf"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "usch"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "fy"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "blä"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "kadiri"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yíi",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ยี้"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wɛ̀",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "แหวะ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ıyy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "iğrenç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ıyk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ıyak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "kinh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "khiếp"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "eo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "uttered to indicate disgust",
"word": "ych a fi"
}
]
}
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},
{
"homophone": "yuk"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌk"
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{
"ref": "2003 December 8, The New Yorker",
"text": "I fetched an orange from a basket and peeled it […] “Make sure you peel as much of the yuck off as possible,” she said. “I hate the yuck.\"",
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"(uncountable) Something disgusting."
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{
"ref": "1994, Linda Shands, A Time to Keep, page 37",
"text": "I yucked and yicked and spit in the dirt .",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Walter Mosley, Gone Fishin': An Easy Rawlins Novel, page 79",
"text": "Dom was yucking and yelling. He was clumsy and barely got as many with two hands as Mouse did with one.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Alan Pinkett, Utta Drivel Too, page 47",
"text": "He was yucking loudly at the plate in front of him.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Paulette, Echoes of Color, page 511",
"text": "I shall tell the other one which cream to apply first and then the steps in order, but no yucking will I tolerate.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Matthew Ball, Thomas Crofts, Angela Dwyer, Queering Criminology",
"text": "We are not interested in yucking anyone's yum or shaming anyone who has fantasies or fetishes about ideas of this reallife violence.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Margaret Court, Margaret Court: The Autobiography",
"text": "We collected birds' eggs, gingerly plucking them from nests high in the trees and holding the eggs in our mouths as we used both hands to climb back down; sometimes they'd crack and the bitter taste of the contents would have us yucking for hours.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To say \"yuck\"; to express disgust."
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{
"ref": "1987, Martyn Godfrey, Sandra Scott, It Isn't Easy Being Ms Teeny Wonderful, page 130",
"text": "She thought it was overpoweringly gross and yucked great dribbles over the front of her lace blouse .",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Gregory Dark, Susie and the Snow-it-alls, page 138",
"text": "And she yucked. She forced herself to eat again. And again she yucked.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Glenn Rolfe, August's Eyes",
"text": "As he yucked his guts up mere feet from the little passageway, all of John's shame came crumbling down upon him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To vomit or gag;"
],
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"links": [
[
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"vomit"
],
[
"gag",
"gag"
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{
"ref": "2004, Michael Atkinson, Life Is Amazing, page 365",
"text": "I can see these pro-lifer's screams of “Stop killing the foetus” turn to “I ain't taking no mother yucking nickker home to my mother yucking house.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Joan Hiatt Harlow, Secret of the Night Ponies, page 107",
"text": "But when I was out there, I yucked up everything.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Don L. Clark, Magy la Magnifica, page 28",
"text": "Boy, you sure as hell yucked this up.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"fuck."
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"(euphemistic) fuck."
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"expansion": "yuck (plural yucks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "yuck fou"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"en:Military"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates, Assembly (volume 67, issues 1-4, page 126)",
"text": "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!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”)"
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"yearling",
"yearling#English"
],
[
"sophomore",
"sophomore"
],
[
"West Point",
"West Point"
],
[
"academy",
"academy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, military, slang) Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "a sophomore at West Point military academy",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "yearling"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jʌk/"
},
{
"homophone": "yuk"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌk"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-yuck.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-us-yuck.oga/En-us-yuck.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-yuck.oga",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "yuck"
}
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