yuk

[ yuhk ]

/ yʌk /

Slang.

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a loud, hearty laugh.

a joke evoking such a laugh.

to laugh or joke: The audience really yukked it up at the movie.

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Also yok, yock

[yok], /yɒk/, yak

[yak] /yæk/ .

First recorded in 1935–40; imitative

yuk²

[ yuhk ]

/ yʌk /

a variant spelling of yuck.

First recorded in 1950–55; imitative

Yucker, yuk′ėr, n. the American flicker or golden-winged woodpecker.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
All lie dead on the field at Kosovo; all save Yuk Brankovich, whose name be for ever accursed.
Through the Land of the Serb|Mary Edith Durham
If it works, we may be able to crack the yuk defenses, get some ships into their system.
Mr. Spaceship|Philip K. Dick
There we had to face 75° below zero, but then Yuk-Takh adjoins Verkhoyansk, the coldest place in the world.
From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt