Verb (used without object), verb (used with object) : The audience really yukked it up at the movie. From Dictionary.com.
Tongues are wagging - with some salivating and others going "yuck" - over. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to DTI favors zero tariffs on cement, wheat] Reference
COHEN: Because it just has what one emphasis called the yuck factor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2001] Reference
Thriller, I can do, but I’ll never watch another one like The Ring again .. yuck!. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Meme - SciFiChick.com] Reference
But are they going to open it up and think "yuck"?. From Wordnik.com. [Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Help me out here...] Reference
Raesanos the Truly Negligent says, out of character: "yuck". From Wordnik.com. [Cat Rambo] Reference
The first is just too 'yuck' to mention and I wouldn't read the book. From Wordnik.com. [Run up to the Crapometer-hook examples] Reference
They'd probably say "yuck" but nothing physically wrong would happen. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Questions Novelists May Ask You] Reference
And I think it added to what we will call the sort of "yuck" factor to the story. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2009] Reference
When boys meant "yuck" friends were new, dreams were unshattered and worries few. From Wordnik.com. [superhero99 Diary Entry] Reference
So I don't have much constructive criticism on that design, except to say "yuck". From Wordnik.com. [Taichung to get World Class Opera House] Reference
If you did watch, I love Kevin, the chef you used the word "yuck" to describe someone else's dish. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Bacon reduces the 'yuck' factor of Brussels sprouts. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
Waterless urinals have a perceived "yuck" factor, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Live Design Online RSS Feed] Reference
We have now all fallen, one by one, into the "yuck" zone. From Wordnik.com. [Chattablogs] Reference
They both went "yuck", wife wiped her hand on me&they ran away. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
"We'd lose a few words but, heck, only things like 'yuck' and 'zit.'". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Scouts selected these adjectives to describe this class of wide receivers: "yuck," "awful,". From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Buying them required an investor to hold his nose from smelling the "yuck" in the portfolio. From Wordnik.com. [GuruFocus Updates -] Reference
WHITFIELD: Oh yuck, although it's been very dry so we. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2008] Reference
I don't mean to criticize your work or anything, but yuck!. From Wordnik.com. [An Open Letter to Cormac McCarthy] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: Even if they're not dangerous to people, yuck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2004] Reference
There's still a yuck factor, but people still watch his movies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference
Her skin was positively gray, and where it turned into feathers, yuck. From Wordnik.com. [Women Making Love to Monsters] Reference
I have already hired someone to do the check for my oil furnace, yuck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference
The ten cases were caught early and all are considered -- yuck -- mild. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2007] Reference
Ryan got stuck in the springtime mud, which he called "100 percent yuck.". From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Clock] Reference
I think the viewers sort of have a little bit of a yuck factor toward her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007] Reference
But at least our font down there says, "dressing plus sewage equals yuck.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference
I tried running (boring), yoga (yawn) and even boxing (yuck -- sweaty gloves). From Wordnik.com. [Dear Tennis Diary …] Reference
And I think it added to what we will call the sort of yuck factor to the story. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2009] Reference
Interestingly, Bill Maher said, let's all, you know, yuck it up with these guys. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's So Funny About Election 2000? - October 25, 2000] Reference
Why you need beans, broccoli, and liver -- yuck -- to be a dad, in the NEWSROOM. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2008] Reference
If you don't, you're liable for penalties (ew!) and interest (yuck!) on the unpaid balance. From Wordnik.com. [The last word: Advice, IRAs, and extensions] Reference
It's terrible out there, yuck, yuck, that went from about 64 percent down to only 38 percent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2004] Reference
I only say yuck, because it's all in pieces now, but alive and intact, it's a beautiful thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2008] Reference
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