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Yuck vs Yeesh - What's the difference?

yuck | yeesh |

As interjections the difference between yuck and yeesh

is that yuck is while yeesh is .

As a noun yuck

is (uncountable) something disgusting.

As a verb yuck

is (obsolete) to itch.

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)
    ----

    yeesh

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * 1999 Feb 3, 3:00 am, Jenn, The Theory of being loved , alt.romance:
    • You ask..yeesh do we have to teach you EVERYTHING??
  • * 2005 Sep 29, 12:29 am, Rev. Bleech_, Rate crimes against humanity from best to worst , alt.music.pink-floyd:
    • >How can there be a "best" crime against humanity?
    Ones that get rid of the most undesirable ethnic groups. Yeesh do I have to draw a picture?
  • * 2009 , Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, Lani Diane Rich, Dogs and Goddesses , page 383:
    • Yeesh , pour salt on the wound, why don't you?
  • * 2009 , Jeannine Garsee, Say the Word , page 296:
    • “I just wondered if you'd—” “Shut up, Shawna. I didn't say anything. Yeesh! ”
  • phew, whew.
  • * 2003 , Jeanette Cottrell, There's No Such Thing!?
    • "I guess that explains why they don't fly very well." Gina shuddered. "And I almost made it crash! Yeesh !" "Yeesh is right," agreed Jay.
  • * 2005 , Lee Edward Födi, Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers?
    • "Yeesh ," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers. "I think I'll let you look for the books from now on, Kendra."
  • yuck, yech.
  • * 2005 , Eugene B Bergmann, Excelsior, you fathead!: the art and enigma of Jean Shepherd
    • And so, if your mother says, "Yeesh !" every time somebody mentions broiled liver...
  • * 2008 , Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    • Yeesh . So strong was his cologne she could practically taste it.
  • * 2008 , Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature
    • She did, however, spot Gordon Burns over by the bar. Yeesh . He gave her the creeps.