yuck

yuck · interjection, noun, verb¹

Perhaps imitative. Akin to Dutch jakkes (“disgusting”). First appeared in the 1960s. Compare also Scots yeuk (“anything that disgusts”), Middle English yuke (“an itchy skin disease" akin to middle Dutch "joke" and modern Dutch "jeuk"”) .

yuck · noun, verb²

1930s theatrical slang, probably Imitative. Compare the variant yuk.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1966 Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.