yuck
Meanings
Plural: yucks
Intj
- Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.
Noun
- Something disgusting.
- A general insult.
- The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh.
- Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
Verb
- To say "yuck"; to express disgust.
- To vomit or gag;
- fuck.
- To laugh or joke.
- To yank or grab.
- Alternative form of yawk (“to inflict a violent impact upon”).
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) .
Synonyms
ack, agh, argh, bah, barf, bleah, blech, bleck, bleh, eugh, eurgh, ew, eww, faugh, feh, foh, gack, gah, ick, no, pah, pew, phew, poo, pooh, uck, ugh, urgh, ych a fi, yearling, yech, yeugh, yeurgh, yuck
Scrabble Score: 13
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