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yuck up

yuck up verb: to spoil; to make yucky.

Verb

yuck up (third-person singular simple present yucks up, present participle yucking up, simple past and past participle yucked up)

  1. To spoil; to make yucky.
    • The market, she notes, has been over-saturated with dresses "yucked up with a lot of trim.1978, Stores: The Bulletin of the N.R.D.G.A. - Volume 60, page 29
    • Paul had a Mazda RX-7, the sharp older model before they yucked it up and made it look American.2003, Jeremiah F. Healy, Off-season and Other Stories, page 81

Forms of yuck up

third-person singular presentyucks up
present participleyucking up
past participleyucked up
pastyucked up

Questions about yuck up

What does yuck up mean?
Yuck up means to spoil; to make yucky.
What part of speech is yuck up?
Yuck up is a verb.
What is the past tense of yuck up?
The past tense of yuck up is yucked up.

Words near yuck up in the dictionary

  1. yuck factors
  2. yuck fou
  3. yuck it up
  4. yuck out
  5. yuck someone's yum
  6. yuck up
  7. yucked
  8. yucked it up
  9. yucked out
  10. yucked someone's yum
  11. yucked up

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