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yucking up

yucking up is the present participle and gerund of yuck up.

Meaning of yuck up

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

Questions about yucking up

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

Words near yucking up in the dictionary

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

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