yuck

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Meaning · English

Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Amy tells us that her husband, Jim Nelson, is deployed to Afghanistan […] as a nuclear operations officer — a result of graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School in December 2007 with a master's in Applied Physics. I guess I should have been looking for Jim to partner up with for physics help as

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “yuck” mean?

Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).

Is “yuck” formal or informal?

yuck is generally slang.