yummy
Americanadjective
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very pleasing to the senses, especially to the taste; delicious.
The waiter brought out a tray of yummy desserts.
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extremely attractive or appealing.
noun
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yummies
plural
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an item of food that is particularly delicious.
The bakery window was full of yummies.
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anything that is extremely attractive or appealing.
interjection
adjective
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Origin of yummy
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And everyone says, “Ooh, yummy Ottolenghi,” and everybody goes home and does the same thing next time and it’s all a huge conspiracy to destroy people’s ability to cook.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Not only are the cakes yummy, they are photo-worthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
“Phil’s Favorites”? It’s a collection of yummy recipes from family, friends and chefs that can be made at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Filtering is the first step in looking for phage, next they get served dinner – a cocktail of yummy bacteria - to help them grow in number.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
After eating a snack of Hannah's yummy fruit salad, they went upstairs to Nancy's room.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
Cakes, brownies, cookies, pies and other yummies abound.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
The list of influential yummies includes Concepcion Campa, a 41-year-old biochemist who runs the Finlay Institute, where she helped develop a new meningitis vaccine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The yummies admit that major alterations in the political system are unlikely anytime soon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many older Cubans see the yummies as mere opportunists in this process.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now in their 30s and early 40s, educated and ambitious, the yummies hold the key to Cuba's future.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, she still cuts them this way, claiming that the kimchi, when left intact like this, ripens slower but ends up tasting crunchier and yummier.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2022
As Meera and Hodor pack up and prepare to move on with Bran, dreaming of yummier breakfasts and the pleasures of less fecund homes, eight skillion White Walkers and wights have assembled outside.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
It was an even yummier smell than the social worker’s burgers.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
That should be the safest, yummiest frozen water to eat, right?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
I left the canister in the freezer after washing it when we first got it, and made the yummiest vanilla ice cream from the recipe book enclosed with it.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2018
He said the platform could shine the light on what does and doesn’t work in the federal government, just as it directs people to the yummiest Indian restaurant in town or the best nail salon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2015
Hal McRae’s favorite Swiss steak was hearty, though it failed to take the title as the yummiest Royals recipe of the year.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2014
That student council sold the yummiest strawberry cupcakes to raise money for a new sign.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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