yum yum
/jʌm ˈjʌm
/(also yum) informal
exclamation
Used to express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating, a particular food.We all had some great Australian wines with our dinners - yum!...
- It's fun to see what they'll give me next though - yum!
- This lotion smells like fresh-cut flowers and a warm breeze… yum!
adjective (yum-yum)
(Of food) delicious: yum-yum kebabs...
- It's nice to find a veggie restaurant serving yum food
- All these piles of lettuce, yum healthy eating.
- His barbecued pork chow is a great big sloppy dish of yum.
Origin
Late 19th century: imitative.
- get one's tongue round
- get one's wires crossed
- get one's wires (or lines) crossed
- get on (or along) like a house on fire
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get on to
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row