Yummy
adjective
Very pleasing to the taste or smell.
The cake looks so yummy.
Often appears as...
- yummy food
- yummy dessert
Usage tips
Informal
interjection
Used to express extreme pleasure or satisfaction at the taste of something.
Yummy, this pizza is amazing!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A term of endearment for one's romantic partner implying that they are tasty or desirable.
Good morning, my yummy.
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
adjective
Very pleasing to the taste or smell.
The cake looks so yummy.
Often appears as...
- yummy food
- yummy dessert
Usage tips
Informal
interjection
Used to express extreme pleasure or satisfaction at the taste of something.
Yummy, this pizza is amazing!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A term of endearment for one's romantic partner implying that they are tasty or desirable.
Good morning, my yummy.
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'yummy' when talking about food, usually in casual settings with friends or family, not in formal situations.
This homemade chili is really yummy!
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Dislikes
'Yummy' should be used only for things you think taste good, not things you dislike or are unsure about.
I tried the new ice cream flavor and it's so yummy!
Pro Tip 3/3Children's Vocabulary
'Yummy' is often associated with children or used when speaking to children but adults use it too.
Do you like the cupcakes? Are they yummy?
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'yummy' when talking about food, usually in casual settings with friends or family, not in formal situations.
This homemade chili is really yummy!
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Dislikes
'Yummy' should be used only for things you think taste good, not things you dislike or are unsure about.
I tried the new ice cream flavor and it's so yummy!
Pro Tip 3/3Children's Vocabulary
'Yummy' is often associated with children or used when speaking to children but adults use it too.
Do you like the cupcakes? Are they yummy?
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'yummy' when talking about food, usually in casual settings with friends or family, not in formal situations.
This homemade chili is really yummy!
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Dislikes
'Yummy' should be used only for things you think taste good, not things you dislike or are unsure about.
I tried the new ice cream flavor and it's so yummy!
Pro Tip 3/3Children's Vocabulary
'Yummy' is often associated with children or used when speaking to children but adults use it too.
Do you like the cupcakes? Are they yummy?
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This Is What It's Like...
smell that it's like a really yummy thing to eat like yummy chocolate ice cream but it sort of fills up the whole head so there was one time in Seattle there was a rose and I concentrated very very very hard and I got a faint whiff of it and that was probably the only time in my life that I've ever smelled
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How Dolphins Evade Shark...
Dolphins make this trade off. A lot of the food that they want most and the easy fishing grounds, the yummy fish occur around shallow seagrass beds. Unfortunately, that's also where tiger sharks preferentially like to hunt. To protect themselves, dolphins have a secret weapon-- echolocation.
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The mysterious microbes...
or places to live. These are things that we literally kill each other to get ahold of up at the surface world. But in the subsurface, the problem is finding enough energy. Up at the surface, plants can chemically knit together carbon dioxide molecules into yummy sugars
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The Colorful,...
And even, though rarely, vertebrates, such as frogs and birds. They can eat anything, from soft and yummy flies to armor-plated beetles. They can even eat and process poisonous caterpillars without harming themselves. And last year,
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Cannibal Scorpions vs....
the Scorpion is cannibalizing its victim but it's incapable of consuming solid food so what does it do well it excretes enzymes of course to turn the victim into scorpion soup mmm yummy the Shrew is on the prowl now
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Why are blue whales so...
The whale must then expel the water while retaining the yummy krill. To do this, it uses its baleen, the comb-like structure made of the same stuff our nails and hair are made of, and its tongue.
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Encouraging A New-Born...
they make short work of chewing through the wood to the tunnel beneath and then that peculiar finger really comes into its own and gotcha yummy but for sticks
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
City concentrate on that short yummy green grass in order dry grass and likewise with elephants alia eating fantastic not once the world the other
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Weaver Ants... on the...
Carrot Top Ramen temple we're gonna see of these tourism like these yummy ants
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Helping others makes us...
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Here. Ooh, yummy. Mmmm. All gone, he ate it.
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This Is What It's Like...
smell that it's like a really yummy thing to eat like yummy chocolate ice cream but it sort of fills up the whole head so there was one time in Seattle there was a rose and I concentrated very very very hard and I got a faint whiff of it and that was probably the only time in my life that I've ever smelled
Video examples
How Dolphins Evade Shark...
Dolphins make this trade off. A lot of the food that they want most and the easy fishing grounds, the yummy fish occur around shallow seagrass beds. Unfortunately, that's also where tiger sharks preferentially like to hunt. To protect themselves, dolphins have a secret weapon-- echolocation.
Video examples
The mysterious microbes...
or places to live. These are things that we literally kill each other to get ahold of up at the surface world. But in the subsurface, the problem is finding enough energy. Up at the surface, plants can chemically knit together carbon dioxide molecules into yummy sugars
Video examples
The Colorful,...
And even, though rarely, vertebrates, such as frogs and birds. They can eat anything, from soft and yummy flies to armor-plated beetles. They can even eat and process poisonous caterpillars without harming themselves. And last year,
Video examples
Cannibal Scorpions vs....
the Scorpion is cannibalizing its victim but it's incapable of consuming solid food so what does it do well it excretes enzymes of course to turn the victim into scorpion soup mmm yummy the Shrew is on the prowl now
Video examples
Why are blue whales so...
The whale must then expel the water while retaining the yummy krill. To do this, it uses its baleen, the comb-like structure made of the same stuff our nails and hair are made of, and its tongue.
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
they make short work of chewing through the wood to the tunnel beneath and then that peculiar finger really comes into its own and gotcha yummy but for sticks
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
City concentrate on that short yummy green grass in order dry grass and likewise with elephants alia eating fantastic not once the world the other
Video examples
Weaver Ants... on the...
Carrot Top Ramen temple we're gonna see of these tourism like these yummy ants
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Helping others makes us...
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Here. Ooh, yummy. Mmmm. All gone, he ate it.
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Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.
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Jessica Parker Kennedy
Canadian Actress
I hate to cook, but I love to eat. I would want to be able to conjure yummy and healthy meals by wiggling my nose!
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Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
My go-to jeans are old Levi's I've gotten from boyfriends; they're worn-in and really yummy and perfect.
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Laurie David
American Activist
I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.
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LeAnn Rimes
American Musician
I'm Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.
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Trinny Woodall
English Designer
To me, a yummy mummy is a mum in her twenties, like Donna Air.
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Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
For me, Eid means having lots of yummy food.
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Alice Merton
Canadian Musician
I like eating yummy things.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.
Quote examples
Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.
Quote examples
Jessica Parker Kennedy
Canadian Actress
I hate to cook, but I love to eat. I would want to be able to conjure yummy and healthy meals by wiggling my nose!
Quote examples
Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
My go-to jeans are old Levi's I've gotten from boyfriends; they're worn-in and really yummy and perfect.
Quote examples
Laurie David
American Activist
I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.
Quote examples
LeAnn Rimes
American Musician
I'm Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.
Quote examples
Trinny Woodall
English Designer
To me, a yummy mummy is a mum in her twenties, like Donna Air.
Quote examples
Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
For me, Eid means having lots of yummy food.
Quote examples
Alice Merton
Canadian Musician
I like eating yummy things.
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