interjection
yuck
yuhk
interjection
1
Used to express disgust, especially at a taste, smell, or sight.
"Yuck, this milk has gone off!"
noun
1
Something disgusting.
"There's some kind of yuck stuck to the bottom of the shoe."
How to Use Yuck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA word for expressing disgust, or the disgusting thing itself.
When to use it
Very informal — used in casual speech, not formal writing.
Word Forms
yucked past tense, yucked past tense, yucked past tense, yucks plural, yucks plural, yucks singular, yucks singular, yucks singular
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Etymology
Likely imitative of a gagging or retching sound, first recorded in English in the 1960s.