"yuk" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /jʌk/ Audio: En-us-yuck.oga , En-au-yuk.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-interj}} yuk
  1. (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-yuk-en-intj-swBeC4bE Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 69 3 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /jʌk/ Audio: En-us-yuck.oga , En-au-yuk.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌk Head templates: {{en-interj}} yuk
  1. Alternative spelling of yuck (disgust) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yuck (extra: disgust)
    Sense id: en-yuk-en-intj-IwZ9gZNK Categories (other): English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 0 41 34 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /jʌk/ Audio: En-us-yuck.oga , En-au-yuk.ogg Forms: yuks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} yuk (plural yuks)
  1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-yuk-en-noun-dSzh2CrP Categories (other): English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 0 41 34 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /jʌk/ Audio: En-us-yuck.oga , En-au-yuk.ogg Forms: yuks [present, singular, third-person], yukking [participle, present], yukked [participle, past], yukked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)
  1. To laugh exuberantly. Derived forms: yuk it up Related terms: yuck, hyuk
    Sense id: en-yuk-en-verb-GMYI9y1Q Categories (other): English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 0 41 34 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 5 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 0 17 11 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 12 7 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.