yuk

See also: þuk and yuk-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʌk/

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• Homophone: yuck
• Rhymes: -ʌk

Interjection

yuk

1. (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.

Noun

yuk (plural yuks)

1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
   • 1992, Alan S. Blinder in Business Week (issues 3268-3272)

     The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.

Verb

yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)

1. To laugh exuberantly.

Derived terms

• yuk it up

See also

• yuck
• hyuk

Anagrams

• kyu

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Biak

Etymology

Borrowed from a truncation of English ukulele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea, louse”) + lele (“jumping”). Doublet of uk.

Noun

yuk

1. ukulele

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Indonesian

Etymology

Clipping of ayo.

Interjection

yuk

1. go ahead

Further reading

• “yuk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Lacandon

Noun

yuk

1. red brocket

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juk/, [jok]

Classifier

yuk

1. classifier for humans

Noun

yuk

1. person

Verb

yuk

1. to grow

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

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Marshallese

Alternative forms

• eok
• yok

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [e̯okʷ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jekʷ/
• Bender phonemes: {yȩkʷ}

Pronoun

yuk

1. you (singular); thou.

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *yä́kwë, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, whence also Latin equus, Old Irish ech. Compare with Tocharian B yakwe.

Noun

yuk

1. horse

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	юк‍
Roman	yuk‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

Noun

yuk (plural yuklar)

1. cargo, luggage

Derived terms

• yukxona