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nyuk

nyuk interjection: an exaggerated laugh.

Interjection

  1. An exaggerated laugh.
    • Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Forms of nyuk

alternative formhyuk
alternative formhyuck
alternative formnyuck

Origin of nyuk

Introduced by Curly (Jerome Horwitz) of The Three Stooges in the 1930's.

Questions about nyuk

What does nyuk mean?
Nyuk means an exaggerated laugh.
What part of speech is nyuk?
Nyuk is an interjection.

Words near nyuk in the dictionary

  1. NYT
  2. nytril
  3. NYU
  4. nyu hafu
  5. nyuck
  6. nyuk
  7. nyula
  8. nyulas
  9. Nyulnyul
  10. Nyulnyulan
  11. Nyunga

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