yuck

(Engels)

Tegenovergesteld aan
yum
Frequentie

C1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/jʌk/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) .

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