yuck

Meaning

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jʌk/
Etymology

Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jak (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease”).

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