dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yuk_MW.json

{
  "yuk":{
    "antonyms":[
      "banter",
      "chaff",
      "fool",
      "fun",
      "gag",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "jive",
      "joke",
      "jolly",
      "josh",
      "kid",
      "quip",
      "wisecrack"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": joke , gag":[],
      ": laugh":[
        "did it just for yuks"
      ],
      ": laugh , joke":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase yuk it up"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the yuks on this new sitcom are so pathetic that the souped-up laugh track merely adds insult to injury",
      "Verb",
      "pay no mind to those clowns\u2014they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Certainly, a just-for- yuks take on infidelity, anger and marital resentment may strike many television executives as a risky bet. \u2014 Alex Williams, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2016",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Monocle isn\u2019t a culinary utopia where Republicans and Democrats yuk it up together, engaging in the kind of cross-aisle socializing whose demise misty-eyed old-timers lament. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "The old Boston standby David Ortiz now yuks it up with A-Rod on Fox\u2019s postseason studio show. \u2014 Tyler Kepner, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2017",
      "Get ready to yuk it up with megastars Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr and others at Comedy Central Presents Colossal Clusterfest, a brand new festival set for June 2-4 in San Francisco. \u2014 Jim Harrington, The Mercury News , 28 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "crack",
      "drollery",
      "funny",
      "gag",
      "giggle",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "josh",
      "laugh",
      "nifty",
      "one-liner",
      "pleasantry",
      "quip",
      "rib",
      "sally",
      "waggery",
      "wisecrack",
      "witticism"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061535",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yukky":{
    "antonyms":[
      "appetizing",
      "delectable",
      "delicious",
      "delish",
      "palatable",
      "savory",
      "savoury",
      "tasty",
      "toothsome",
      "yummy"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "The water was dirty and smelled yucky .",
      "I felt yucky after eating all that cake.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
      "The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
      "Seldom has the natural tendency of artists to mine themselves for creative material been pushed to such exquisitely yucky extremes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The people who love it are growing ever grayer, and French parents are no longer bringing up their young to appreciate a taste that any normal child instinctively finds yucky (god knows, mine does). \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "The absurdity of the entire 90ish-person organization, which is famous for transactional relationships with studios among other yucky things, has been well-documented. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
      "The relationship is obviously to kids: parents only push them to eat foods that are yucky . \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
      "The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "The children never got more than a few tired days and a yucky cough. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "yuck":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "brackish",
      "distasteful",
      "unappetizing",
      "unpalatable",
      "unsavory"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112221",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}