yuck
pronunciation
How to pronounce yuck in British English:
UK [jʌk]
How to pronounce yuck in American English:
US [jʌk]
Word Origin
- yuck (1)
- exclamation of disgust, 1966, origin perhaps echoic (compare Newfoundland slang yuck "to vomit," 1963; U.S. slang yuck "despised person," 1943; provincial English yuck "the itch, mange, scabies"). Variant yech is by 1969.
- yuck (2)
- "laugh," 1938, yock, probably imitative.
Example
- 1. I had this date last night . Yuck !
- 2. Needles . Yuck . - They need my blood .
- 3. Yuck ! I wonder when was thelast time he got his ass cleaned .
- 4. " Theoretically , there 's nothing wrong with this , " powell said . " It could be quite safe to eat , but I 'm sure there 's a yuck factor there , " he said .
- 5. For all the talk of superorganisms ( and despite the yuck factor of what is being moved from one body to another ) , transplanting a microbiome is far easier than transplanting a heart or a kidney .