yum

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See also: Yum and YUM

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /jʌm/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Interjection

yum

  1. Indicating delight at the flavor of food.
    Yum! This apple pie is delicious!
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Adjective

yum (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Delicious.
    Antonym: yuck
    This apple pie is yum!
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

yum

  1. (computing) Acronym of Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux.
    Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.

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Bisu

Pronunciation

Noun

yum (Thai spelling ยูม)

  1. house.

Gitua

Noun

yum

  1. water

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

Noun

yum

  1. father
  2. lord
  3. (religion, mythology) a god
    Yum K’áax ("Lord of the Forest": a Mayan god of the forest and chocolate)
    Yum Cháak ("Lord of Rain": Chaac, a Mayan rain god)
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