yuk

UK: /ˈjʌk/ US: /jʌk/ ,(yuk)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

yuk¹ or yuck /yʌk/   n., v., yukked or yucked, yuk•king or yuck•ing. [Slang.]
n. [countable]

1. Slang Terms a loud laugh.
2. Slang Terms a joke or occasion causing such a laugh.

v. [~ + object]

3. Slang Terms to laugh or joke:
   yukking it up.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

yuk¹ (yuk),  n., v., yukked, yuk•king. [Slang.]

n. 

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

v.i., v.t. 

3. Slang Terms to laugh or joke:
   The audience really yukked it up at the movie.

Also, yuck, yock, yok, yak. 

• imitative

yuk² (yuk), interj. 

1. (used in repetition to indicate pleasure or amused malice.)

yuk³  (yuk), interj. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms yuck¹.

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yuck¹ /yʌk/   interj. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms (used to express disgust):
   Oh, yuck, the pond is slimy.

yuck² /yʌk/   n., v. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms yuk.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

yuck¹  (yuk), interj. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms (used as an expression of disgust or repugnance):
   Yuck, it's spinach again!

• expressive word 1965–70, American.

yuck²  (yuk), n., v.i., v.t. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms yuk¹.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

yuck, yuk / jʌk/ interjection

1. an exclamation indicating contempt, dislike, or disgust