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the yuks on this new sitcom are so pathetic that the souped-up laugh track merely adds insult to injury
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Certainly, a just-for-yuks take on infidelity, anger and marital resentment may strike many television executives as a risky bet.
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First Known Use of yuk
1946
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boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, jest, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, joke (or yuck also yak or yock) [slang]Related Words
funning, joking, wisecracking; knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper; antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine (s), practical joke, prank, trick; burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff; banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee; drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness; comedy, humor, wit, wordplayExamples of yuk in a Sentence
pay no mind to those clowns—they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm
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Get ready to yuk it up with megastars Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr and others at Comedy Central Presents Colossal Clusterfest, a brand new festival set for June 2-4 in San Francisco.
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First Known Use of yuk
1964
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