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yuk

/jʌk/

yuk interjection: an exuberant laugh. Also the alternative spelling of yuck.

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic) An exuberant laugh.

Noun

yuk (plural yuks)

  1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
    • The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.1992, Alan S. Blinder, Business Week, numbers 3268-3272

Verb

yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)

  1. To laugh exuberantly.

Also used as

yuk is also the alternative spelling of yuck.

Forms of yuk

Noun
pluralyuks
Verb
third-person singular presentyuks
present participleyukking
past participleyukked
pastyukked

Origin of yuk

Imitative, similar to the variant yuck.

Words formed from yuk

Phrases with yuk

Words that rhyme with yuk

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Questions about yuk

What does yuk mean?
Yuk means an exuberant laugh.
What part of speech is yuk?
Yuk can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce yuk?
Yuk is pronounced /jʌk/.

Words near yuk in the dictionary

  1. Yuit
  2. Yuits
  3. Yujiang
  4. Yujin Dan
  5. Yujin Point
  6. yuk
  7. yuk hwe
  8. yuk it up
  9. yuka
  10. Yukaghir
  11. Yukaghirs

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