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yucking

yucking is the present participle and gerund of yuck.

Meaning of yuck

Verb (1)

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

  1. To say "yuck"; to express disgust.
    • I yucked and yicked and spit in the dirt .1994, Linda Shands, A Time to Keep, page 37
  2. To vomit or gag;
    • She thought it was overpoweringly gross and yucked great dribbles over the front of her lace blouse .1987, Martyn Godfrey, Sandra Scott, It Isn't Easy Being Ms Teeny Wonderful, page 130
  3. (euphemistic) fuck.
    • 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."2004, Michael Atkinson, Life Is Amazing, page 365

Verb (2)

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

  1. (often) To laugh or joke.
    • And I so miss the laughs we yucked when I used to point out to you the irony of people's names in town .2006, Joseph George Hayes, A Map of the Harbor Islands, page 299

Verb (3)

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

  1. To yank or grab.
    • Briggs yucked the mare about, and she stood straight up seven or eight times.1886, English Dialect Society, Publications - Volume 25, page 171

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Phrases with yucking

Questions about yucking

What is yucking the present participle and gerund of?
Yucking is the present participle and gerund of yuck.

Words near yucking in the dictionary

  1. yuckety
  2. yuckier
  3. yuckiest
  4. yuckily
  5. yuckiness
  6. yucking
  7. yucking it up
  8. yucking out
  9. yucking someone's yum
  10. yucking up
  11. yucko

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