yuk


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yuk 1

or yuck  (yŭk)Informal
n.
1. An exuberant laugh.
2. One, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
tr. & intr.v. yukked, yuk·king, yuks or yucked or yuck·ing or yucks
To joke or laugh exuberantly: a student who yukked it up in class.
[Imitative.]

yuk 2

 (yŭk)
interj. Slang
Variant of yuck1.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yuk1

or yuck

(yʌk)

n., v. yukked yucked, yuk•king yuck•ing. Slang. n.
1. a loud, hearty laugh.
2. a joke or circumstance evoking such a laugh.
v.i., v.t.
3. to laugh or joke: yukking it up.
[1960–65]

yuk3

(yʌk)

interj. Slang.
yuck1.

Yuk.

Yukon Territory.
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Translations

yuk

[ˈjʌk] excl → beurk Yule log [ˈjuːllɒg] n → bûche f de Noël
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

yuk

interj (inf) → i, igitt, igittigitt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yuk

[jʌk] excl (fam) → puh!, puah!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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