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Yup vs Yuk - What's the difference?

yup | yuk |

As a noun yup

is a yes; an affirmative answer.

As a particle yup

is yes.

As an initialism YUP

is Yale University Press

As an interjection yuk is

an exuberant laugh.

As a verb yuk is

to laugh exuberantly.

yup

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
  • * 1984 , Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)
  • But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups " and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
  • * 2003 , Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)
  • Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Particle

    (en-part)
  • (informal) Yes.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    yuk

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.
  • One, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To laugh exuberantly.
  • Derived terms

    * yuk it up

    See also

    * yuck

    Anagrams

    * ----