yuk
1or yuck, yock, yok, yak
[ yuhk ]
/ yʌk /
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noun
a loud, hearty laugh.
a joke evoking such a laugh.
verb (used with or without object), yukked, yuk·king.
to laugh or joke: The audience really yukked it up at the movie.
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Origin of yuk
1imitative
yuk
2[ yuhk ]
/ yʌk /
interjection
(used in repetition to indicate pleasure or amused malice.)
yuk
3[ yuhk ]
/ yʌk /
interjection Slang.
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Examples from the Web for yuk
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 DurhamYucker, yuk′ėr, n. the American flicker or golden-winged woodpecker.
If it works, we may be able to crack the yuk defenses, get some ships into their system.
Mr. Spaceship|Philip K. Dick
yuk
"laughter, something evoking laughs," 1964, imitative; see yuck (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper