yuks
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʌks/
- Rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology 1
Noun
yuks
- plural of yuk
Etymology 2
From plural of onomatopoeic yuk.
Noun
yuks (uncountable)
- laughter, amusement
- 1988 July 22, Lawrence Bommer, “Sybil’s Playhouse”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- For instance, the five improv artists in Sybil’s Playhouse nearly broke their funny bones trying to dig yuks from the response to “What’s making you blue this summer?”
- 2010, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots[2]:
- HAZEL: Please tell me that mask is removable.
DOCTOR: Oh! Yes, of course – it’s just for yuks, see!
Translations
laughter
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjuks/ [ˈjuks]
- Rhymes: -uks
- Syllabification: yuks
Interjection
yuks
- (slang) alternative form of yuk