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Meanings of yuck in English

An expression of disgust.

        Usage of yuck in English
        1
        Sports cuisine can be summed up with a single word - yuck.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Yeah, yuck, you would never want to put evidence in your mouth.
        Wired
        3
        They were strong and way too fast, and had an enormous yuck factor.
        Death masks
        4
        It is a bit yuck, but honestly, it's a powerful symbol.
        The red pyramid
        5
        It seared her skin and filled her nostrils with sweet-burning yuck.
        Witch blood
        6
        But not all species explicitly avoid contact with yuck-inducing substances.
        BBC
        7
        He got rid of what I called the 'yuck' lines.
        News.com.au
        8
        There is also the challenge of getting consumers over the "yuck" factor.
        The Guardian
        9
        Word to use in America instead: Gross or yuck 9.
        The South African
        10
        They would be saying they had these yuck-it-up conversations with someone who's not responding.
        Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
        11
        Shit leaked from her panties and she felt runnels of yuck on her thighs.
        Winter’s Bone
        12
        The boys get a big yuck out of this sally.
        Black house
        13
        Guaranteed to keep super dumb humans yuck-yucking at their intellectual overlords for the duration.
        The Guardian
        14
        Will others get over the yuck factor and follow?
        The Guardian
        15
        For many Westerners there is a 'yuck factor' associated with non-toilet paper cleaning, Dr Cook said.
        News.com.au
        16
        There's a very high 'yuck' level in my kind of work. In theory Tia liked children.
        A fierce radiance: a novel
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