interjection
yuk
yuhk
interjection
1
A big, hearty laugh.
""Yuk!" he roared when he saw the prank photo."
noun
1
A joke or gag that gets a big laugh.
"The comedian threw in a few cheap yuks to keep the crowd going."
verb
1
To laugh loudly and without restraint.
"The whole office was yukking it up over the boss's karaoke video."
How to Use Yuk
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA loud laugh, or a joke that causes one — also used as a verb, "to yuk it up."
Easily confused with
Word Forms
yukked past tense, yuks plural, yuks singular
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Etymology
An imitative word mimicking the sound of a big laugh, closely related to "yuck."