yuk

¹

or yuck

[ yuhk ]

noun

1. a loud, hearty laugh.
2. a joke evoking such a laugh.

verb (used with or without object)

, yukked, yuk·king.

1. to laugh or joke:

   The audience really yukked it up at the movie.

yuk

²

[ yuhk ]

interjection

, Slang.

1. a variant spelling of yuck.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yuk¹

First recorded in 1935–40; imitative

Origin of yuk²

First recorded in 1950–55; imitative

Example Sentences

His lead role in developing a hydrogel surgical adhesive in Zhao’s lab earned Yuk the 2020 graduate award in the Collegiate Inventors Competition sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

From MIT Technology Review

The headline “Yuk of the Draw” was sent in by both Jesse Frankovich and Chris Doyle.

From Washington Post

Yucker, yuk′ėr, n. the American flicker or golden-winged woodpecker.

From Project Gutenberg

All lie dead on the field at Kosovo; all save Yuk Brankovich, whose name be for ever accursed.

From Project Gutenberg

If it works, we may be able to crack the yuk defenses, get some ships into their system.

From Project Gutenberg

There we had to face 75° below zero, but then Yuk-Takh adjoins Verkhoyansk, the coldest place in the world.

From Project Gutenberg