yuk

¹

or yuck

[ yuhk ]

noun

1. a loud, hearty laugh.
2. a joke evoking such a laugh.

verb (used with or without object)

, yukked, yuk·king.

1. to laugh or joke:

   The audience really yukked it up at the movie.

yuk

²

[ yuhk ]

interjection

, Slang.

1. a variant spelling of yuck.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yuk¹

First recorded in 1935–40; imitative

Origin of yuk²

First recorded in 1950–55; imitative

Example Sentences

Even your husband, who was supposed to be going halfsies on this, gets to yuk it up with his co-workers all day.

From Slate

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, was arrested in August 2020 after admitting to an undercover FBI agent that he sold US secrets to China.

From BBC

Zhao and Hyunwoo Yuk SM '16, PhD '21, a former MIT research scientist who is now the chief technology officer at SanaHeal, are the senior authors of the study, which will appear in Nature.

From Science Daily

Several years ago, Zhao and Yuk began exploring whether this kind of adhesive could also help keep medical implants in place and prevent fibrosis from occurring.

From Science Daily

"For the adhered devices, there is an acute inflammatory response because it is a foreign material," Yuk says.

From Science Daily