yuk 1 of 2

variants or yuck also yak or yock
slang

yuk

2 of 2

verb

variants or yuck
slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of yuk
Noun
Certainly, a just-for-yuks take on infidelity, anger and marital resentment may strike many television executives as a risky bet. Alex Williams, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2016
Verb
Who has more fun than golfers who yuk it up throughout a four-hour round? Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025 If that week’s offering was pure schlock, my dad and I would yuk it up. Shannon Doyne, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Seinfeld heads back to Bay Area Jerry Seinfeld is ready to yuk it up with Bay Area fans. Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024 Jerry Seinfeld is ready to yuk it up with Bay Area fans. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 Kevin Hart yuks it up with Laugh Out Loud Radio, a collection of Hart’s specials, shows, and dialogues. PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2024 Each person gets a chance to stand on one side of a plastic barrier while Yankovic stands on the other and tour photographer Kamal Asar takes a picture of them pretending to organically yuk it up together. Alex Pappademas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022 The Monocle isn’t a culinary utopia where Republicans and Democrats yuk it up together, engaging in the kind of cross-aisle socializing whose demise misty-eyed old-timers lament. Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020 The old Boston standby David Ortiz now yuks it up with A-Rod on Fox’s postseason studio show. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yuk
Noun
  • Dave Chappelle roasted Donald Trump for taking over as chairman of the Kennedy Center—weeks after a past joke about the president went newly viral on social media.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Joy Behar landed in hot water when a joke about a decades-old scandal fell flat.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • And neither Bibb, Le Bon nor Gries were kidding, as there wasn’t just one death, but five.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Who are Manager Brandon Hyde and General Manager Mike Elias kidding here?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fans can also look forward to performances by the iconic Silver Spurs Quadrille, the adorable antics of kids competing in Mutton Bustin’, and plenty of laughs courtesy of the ever-entertaining rodeo clowns.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Jillian Bell's raunchy directorial debut is supplying the laughs this summer.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Yuk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yuk. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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