Yuck

Definitions

1. Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
   US, slang
2. Something disgusting.
   uncountable
3. The sound made by a whole-hearted laugh.
4. A general insult.
   derogatory, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I fetched an orange from a basket and peeled it […] “Make⟳ sure you peel as much of the yuck off as possible,” she said. “I hate⟳ the yuck."”

“Alright, settle⟳ down, you yucks!”

“Given this insecurity, the creators of “The Simpsons” took an extraordinary risk⟳: they decided not to use⟳ a laugh⟳ track. On almost all other sitcoms, dialogue was interrupted repeatedly by crescendos of phony guffaws (or by the electronically enhanced laughter of live⟳ audiences), creating the unreal ebb and flow⟳ of sitcom conversation, in which a typical character’s initial reaction to an ostensibly humorous remark⟳ could only be to smile⟳ archly or look⟳ around while waiting for the yucks to die⟳ down.”

“Amy tells us that her husband, Jim Nelson, is deployed to Afghanistan […] as a nuclear operations officer — a result⟳ of graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2007 with a master's in Applied Physics. I guess⟳ I should have⟳ been looking for Jim to partner up with for physics help⟳ as a Yuck!”

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