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yucky

[yuhk-ee] / ˈyʌk i /


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What was so haunting about it — it’s yucky, the eating of the feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

You might as well tell Baltimore that Brooks Robinson was shaky at third and Old Bay on crabs is yucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

“As yucky as this game was, I think we will look back at what has transpired the last 75 days with great memories,” coach Buzz Williams said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2023

“They feel yucky to me. They feel forced,” says Stefan Babcock, frontman of PUP, a raucous power punk band.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

I was afraid it might be full of yucky garbage.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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