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yus | yuk |

As an adverb yus

is (lb).

As a letter yus

is .

As an interjection yuk is

(onomatopoeia) an exuberant laugh.

As a verb yuk is

to laugh exuberantly.

yus

English

Etymology 1

Dialectal form of yes .

Adverb

(head)
  • (lb) .
  • * 1892 , from Punch, or The London Charivari :
  • Yus , to live in dirt, I feel is a `orrid degradation; but one thing I'd like to know, is it wus than living ''on'' it?
  • * 1922 , Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, compilers and editors, The Best British Short Stories of 1922 :
  • Wych Street? Yus , of course I knoo Wych Street. Used to go there with some of the boys -- when I was Covent Garden way.

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia yus) (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * jus

    Letter

    (head)
  • 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

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