yum

Y4U1M3
UK, US/jʌm/

interjection

Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

“This apple pie is yum!”

Opposite
yuck
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

yum1

interjection

alternative yum yum

  1. Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

    Yum! This apple pie is delicious!

  2. broadlyinformalIndicating delight in other things.

    Grandpa bought an RCA Color TV. Mmm. See my Beatles in color. YUM.

    1965 January 3, Lou Sullivan, Diary
adjectiveyum (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableDelicious.

    This apple pie is yum!

    Antonyms: yuck

yum2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux.

    Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.

Yum3

proper nounYum (plural Yums)

plural Yums

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDelicious.

Opposite
yuck
Also see
om nom nom

Origin

Imitative.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian мляс-мляс
  • мляс-мляс (mljas-mljas)indicating delight at the flavor of food
Catalan nyam, nyam
  • nyamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • nyam''(informal)'' delicious
Czech mňam
  • mňam''(informal)'' delicious
Danish mums, mums
  • mumsindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mums''(informal)'' delicious
Dutch mjam
  • mjamindicating delight at the flavor of food
Finnish nam, nam
  • namindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • nam''(informal)'' delicious
  • nami''(informal)'' delicious
  • nam-nam''(informal)'' delicious
French miam, miam
  • miamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • miam''(informal)'' delicious
German njam, mjam
  • njamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mjamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • hmindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • njam''(informal)'' delicious
  • mjam''(informal)'' delicious
  • lecker''(informal)'' delicious
Hungarian nyami
  • nyami''(informal)'' delicious
Italian gnam, gnam
  • gnamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • gnam''(informal)'' delicious
  • ahm''(informal)'' delicious
Japanese 美味い
  • 美味い (umai)''(informal)'' delicious
Korean 냠냠
  • 냠냠 (nyamnyam)''(informal)'' delicious
Norwegian Bokmål nam, nam-nam
  • nam''(informal)'' delicious
  • nam-nam''(informal)'' delicious
  • nam nam''(informal)'' delicious
Polish mniam, mniam
  • mniamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mniam''(informal)'' delicious
  • mniam-mniam''(informal)'' delicious
Portuguese nham, mmm
  • nhamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mmm''(informal)'' delicious
Russian ням, ням-ня́м
  • ням (njam)indicating delight at the flavor of food
  • ням-ня́м (njam-njám)indicating delight at the flavor of food
  • нямка (njamka)''(informal)'' delicious
Spanish ñam, ñam
  • ñamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • ñam''(informal)'' delicious
Swedish mums, namnam
  • mumsindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • namnamindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mums filibabbaindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • mums''(informal)'' delicious
  • smaskens''(informal)'' delicious
  • smarrig''(informal)'' delicious
Turkish enfes, nefis, lezzetli
  • enfesindicating delight at the flavor of food
  • nefis, lezzetli''(informal)'' delicious

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yum

fromsomebecomesumdrumovercomethumbnumgummumhumrumnumbalumdumcrumbplumbchumtumlumscrumsuccumbfumstrum
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Anagrams

muy
Cite this entry
APA

yum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yum

MLA

“yum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yum.

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