Yuck vs Puck - What's the difference?
yuck | puck |
(uncountable) something disgusting
* 2003 , The New Yorker, 8 Dec 2003
(countable) the sound made by a laugh
* 2000 , The New Yorker, 13 March 2000
(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:
(chiefly, Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
* 2004 , Art Directors Annual , v 83, Rotovision,
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
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
Synonyms
* ick * ew, eww * ugh * yechAntonyms
* yumDerived terms
* yuckyNoun
(en noun)- 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 ."
- 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
* yukEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) jucken, (etyl) yeuken, and see itch.puck
English
Etymology 1
Attested since 1886. From or influenced by (etyl) . Compare poke (1861).Noun
(en noun)- In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck ’, is used.
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 .