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ugh

[ookh, uhkh, uh, oo; spelling pron. uhg]
–interjection
1. (used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, horror, or the like).
–noun
2. the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
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ugh   (ŭg, ŭk)   
interj.  Used to express horror, disgust, or repugnance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

ugh 
1765, imitative of the sound of a cough; as an interjection of disgust, recorded from 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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