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Yes. The word yuk is a Scrabble US word. The word yuk is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word yuk is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

Y4U1K5

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3-letter words (2 found)

KYU,YUK,

2-letter words (2 found)

KY,YU,

You can make 4 words from yuk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of yuk

yuk uyk yku kyu uky kuy

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Definitions and meaning of yuk

yuk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʌk/
  • Homophone: yuck
  • Rhymes: -ʌk

Etymology 1

Interjection

yuk

  1. (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.

Noun

yuk (plural yuks)

  1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.

Verb

yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)

  1. To laugh exuberantly.
Derived terms
  • yuk it up

See also

  • yuck
  • hyuk

Etymology 2

Interjection

yuk

  1. Alternative spelling of yuck (disgust)

Anagrams

  • kyu

Biak

Etymology

Borrowed from a truncation of English ukulele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea, louse”) + lele (“jumping”). Doublet of uk.

Noun

yuk

  1. ukulele

Indonesian

Etymology

Clipping of ayo.

Interjection

yuk

  1. go ahead

Further reading

  • “yuk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lacandon

Noun

yuk

  1. red brocket

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juk/, [jok]

Classifier

yuk

  1. classifier for humans

Noun

yuk

  1. person

Verb

yuk

  1. to grow

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Marshallese

Alternative forms

  • eok
  • yok

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [e̯okʷ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /jekʷ/
  • Bender phonemes: {yȩkʷ}

Pronoun

yuk

  1. you (singular); thou.

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *yäkwe, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, whence also Latin equus, Old Irish ech. Compare with Tocharian B yakwe.

Noun

yuk

  1. horse

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yük (“load, burden”).

Noun

yuk (plural yuklar)

  1. cargo, luggage

Derived terms

  • yukxona

Yup'ik

Alternative forms

  • (Nunivak Island, Chevak) cuk
  • (Middle Yukon) suk

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *yuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Compare Greenlandic inuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuk/, [ˈjuk]
  • Hyphenation: yuk

Noun

yuk

  1. person; human being

Declension

References

  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 41
  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “yuk”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN

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