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yuck | puck |

As an interjection yuck

is .

As a noun yuck

is (uncountable) something disgusting.

As a verb yuck

is (obsolete) to itch.

As a proper noun puck is

(mythology) a mischievous sprite in celtic mythology and english folklore.

yuck

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Yuck ! This peanut butter is disgusting!
    Synonyms
    * ick * ew, eww * ugh * yech
    Antonyms
    * yum
    Derived terms
    * yucky

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) something disgusting
  • * 2003 , The New Yorker, 8 Dec 2003
  • I fetched an orange from a basket and peeled it “Make sure you peel as much of the yuck' off as possible,” she said. “I hate the ' yuck ."
  • (countable) the sound made by a laugh
  • * 2000 , The New Yorker, 13 March 2000
  • Given this insecurity, the creators of “The Simpsons” took an extraordinary risk: they decided not to use a laugh track. On almost all other sitcoms, dialogue was interrupted repeatedly by crescendos of phony guffaws (or by the electronically enhanced laughter of live audiences), creating the unreal ebb and flow of sitcom conversation, in which a typical character’s initial reaction to an ostensibly humorous remark could only be to smile archly or look around while waiting for the yucks to die down.

    See also

    * yuk

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) jucken, (etyl) yeuken, and see itch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To itch.
  • (Grose)
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    puck

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested since 1886. From or influenced by (etyl) . Compare poke (1861).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
  • * 1886 , Boston Daily Globe (28 February), p 2:
  • In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck ’, is used.
  • (chiefly, Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
  • * 2004 , Art Directors Annual , v 83, Rotovision, p 142:
  • He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck'. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal ' puck .
  • (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
  • Derived terms
    * hockey puck * puck bunny * puck carrier * puck chaser * puck chasing * puck crown * puck-dribbling * puck-handler * puck-handling * puck palace * puck-pusher * puck sense * puck-shy * puckster * rag the puck
    See also
    * (Hockey puck)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mischievous spirit.
  • Derived terms
    * puckish ----