yuks

Y4U1K5S1
/jʌks/

noun

laughter, amusement

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Meanings

yuks1

noun
  1. pluralplural of yuk

yuks2

nounyuks (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelaughter, amusement

    HAZEL: Please tell me that mask is removable. DOCTOR: Oh! Yes, of course – it’s just for yuks, see!

    2010, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots
    1 more example

    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?”

    1988 July 22, Lawrence Bommer, “Sybil’s Playhouse”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From plural of onomatopoeic yuk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yuks

deluxetrucksfluxbucksducksluxluxereduxtuxcruxchucksduxpucksshucksluckshucksbruxJemmy Ducks
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Anagrams

suky
Cite this entry
APA

yuks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuks

MLA

“yuks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yuks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yuks.

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