yuk

See also: þuk and yuk-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʌk/
  • Homophone: yuck
  • Rhymes: -ʌk

Interjection

yuk

  1. (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.

Noun

yuk (plural yuks)

  1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
    • 1992, Alan S. Blinder in Business Week (issues 3268-3272)
      The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.

Verb

yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)

  1. To laugh exuberantly.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {yẹkʷ}
  • IPA(key): /jɘkʷ/, [e̯e͡okʷ]

Noun

yuk

  1. you (singular); thou.

References

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *yä́kwë, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, whence also Latin equus, Old Irish ech. Compare with Tocharian B yakwe.

Noun

yuk

  1. horse
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