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Definition of "yuck" []

  • Slang Used to express rejection or strong disgust. (interjection)
  • Variant of yuk1. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "yuck" in a sentence
  • "Indeed, yuck is as much learned as innate: An audience member cheerily volunteered that a 1-year-old will drink apple juice -- which is urine-colored -- out of a bedpan without complaint."
  • "- Tongues are wagging - with some salivating and others going "yuck" - over"
  • "Thriller, I can do, but I’ll never watch another one like The Ring again .. yuck!"