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yum.

Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/jʌm/UK, US
  1. Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

    Yum! This apple pie is delicious!
  2. Indicating delight in other things.

    broadly · informal
Where this word comes from

Imitative.

adj/jʌm/UK, US
  1. Delicious.

    informal · not-comparable
    This apple pie is yum!
Where this word comes from

Imitative.

name/jʌm/UK, US
  1. Acronym of Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux.

    abbreviation · acronym · alt-of
    Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header.
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